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Shooting death lawsuit settled I News I kpcnews.com 12/16/18, 2:16 PM <br />i:a:u"r+aL-g4,s-y-'•+•.CLICK HEREf.: ihrYa'z--,.,_¢. <br />r6N' <br />ea i; <br />a,®.....,a71 :.. t, . ....... _.n._ ......s..... <br />https://www.kpcnews.com/news/latest/article_93h46c99-ob97-548r83od-93f3623e3686.html <br />Shooting death lawsuit settled <br />BY KATHRYN BASSBTr kathrynb@kpmn .net Jun 6, 2012 <br />AUBURN —The employer of a woman who was murdered on New Yeats Day 2010 in Auburn has agreed <br />to pay her estate $300,000, according to documents filed Friday in DeKalb Superior Court If. <br />Melissa Kay Patrick, 32, was fatally shot in a group home where she cared for four adults. Ronnie R. Jones <br />of Fort Wayne was convicted of her murder and other offenses committed on the same day and is serving <br />103 years behind bars. <br />In September 2010, Patrick's mother, Yvonne Griffith of IaGrange County, sued Patrick's employer, Res - <br />Care Inc. and Voca of Indiana. Acting as the personal representative of Patrick's estate, Griffith was <br />represented by attorneys Allen Stout of Angola and John Theisen of Fort Wayne. <br />According to the suit, Patrick worked for Res -Care as a certified nursing assistant at 2125 Lorraine Drive, <br />on the north side of Auburn. The suit said Patrick was home with her three minor children on Jan. 1. <br />2olo. Before going to work at Res -Care later that day, Patrick called the management of Res -Care. Patrick <br />said she did not want to report to work because she was afraid for her life, since she had received about <br />400 text messages from Jones in the prior 24 hours, the suit said. <br />According to the suit, Res -Care ordered Patrick to work and did not have anyone working with her. The <br />suit said Res -Cue and/or Vora had a duty to use reasonable care to protect Patrick from harm while at <br />work and had a duty to provide a safe place to work <br />The suit said Patrick's estate has suffered damages including, but not limited to, $u,go9 in funeral and <br />burial expenses, $1o,569 to open and administer the estate and $5.555 in legal fees. <br />The suit asked for damages to compensate the estate for its losses under Indiana's wrongful death suit, <br />special damages including, but not limited to, ambulance and funeral bills, the cost of administering the <br />estate, pre judgment interest, costs of the actions and all other appropriate relief. <br />https://www.kpcnews.com/news/latest/article-93b46c99-Ob97-548c-830d-93f3623e3686.htmi Page 1 of 2