Mealey's (May 9, 2018, 2:01 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal judge on May 4 dismissed an estate’s claim for elder abuse against a nursing home facility with leave to amend, finding that it failed to plead that the nursing home authorized or ratified an employee’s alleged negligent conduct in relation to the treatment of a patient who later died (Margaret Ward, et al. v. The County of Mendocino, et al., No. 17-cv-00911, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76009)....