Arbitrator blames Sovereign Health for overdose, awards brain-damaged man $8.8 million
A man was awarded nearly $9 million Thursday by an arbitrator who ruled that former San Clemente-based drug treatment facility Sovereign Health negligently allowed him to overdose on medication, resulting in a seizure and significant brain injury. A provision in the award orders Sovereign to pay attorneys’ fees and legal costs borne by Zachary Peterson,…