Former state official killed in care home; lawsuit alleges neglect
/ Attorney Joel Rhine speaks at a podium in front of the New Hanover County Judicial Building. A Wilmington family is suing the memory care facility where their father resided until he died in September of 2020. The cause of death? A fellow resident attacked him in his sleep, breaking his back and causing other injuries. Garland Garrett Jr., the former North Carolina secretary of transportation, was badly beaten by a fellow resident in his senior care home in fall of last year. He died of his injuries a week later. This week, surrounded by fellow lawyers and members of the Garrett family in ...