BENTON, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Arkansas parents are suing a hospital for alleged child mistreatment while in a residential behavioral treatment facility.
Adrienne Cheri and Paul Martin Yarberry, parents of minor child John Doe, filed a complaint on July 19 in the Circuit Court of Saline County against Pinnacle Point Behavioral Healthcare System d/b/a The Pointe Outpatient Behavior Healthcare Services, Buster Deleon Perkins, Keith Young, MJ Hall and John Does 1-15 for negligence and battery.
According to the complaint, Yarberry's child Doe was a resident at Pinnacle Pointe. At the residential facility, it mixed juveniles there for criminal offenses with those there to seek behavior treatment and/or psychiatric help, the suit says.
During Doe's time there, he was subjected to being held down as discipline, large amounts of medication, physical assault and verbal abuse.
The Yarberrys seek general, punitive and compensatory damages, attorneys fees and cost of suit. The Yarberrys are represented by Jeff R. Priebe.