A Louisiana nursing assistant killed a patient while attempting to operate a hydraulic lift "by herself" to move the person from a chair to her bed, according to state prosecutors. The patient allegedly "slipped out the side of the sling, landing on the feet of the lift," which caused blunt force injuries, the state's attorney general says.

"These cases are very difficult," explained State Attorney General Liz Murrill in a statement last week while announcing the indictment of Diamond Johnson, a former certified nursing assistant at the Jefferson Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Baton Rouge.

Johnson, who is charged with negligent homicide, was employed at the facility in June 2024 when she was tasked with taking care of the slain nursing home patient, who has not been identifie

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