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MEDFORD, Ore.– Two new lawsuits against Asante and former Asante nurse accused of diverting drugs and replacing it with tap water, Dani Schofield have been filed this week.

The case filed April 10, 2025 lists the plaintiff as Benjamin Callesen, a man who claimed to have caught an infection after being in the care of Schofield at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Callesen purports to have arrived at RRMC on April 13, 2023 receiving an appendectomy then returning on April 18 with pain that was confirmed to be an infection caused by a waterborne bacteria that can be found in tap water.

Court records show Callesen claims “Ms. Schofield was regularly present around Mr. Callesen while he was sedated, incapacitated, vulnerable and wholly dependent.”

In the suit Callesen claims he was hospitalized for four days and treated with antibiotics.

The suit claims negligence on the part of Asante and negligence and abuse of a vulnerable person against Schofield.

The suit is for $7.2 million, with $7 million being for pain and suffering and the additional $200,000 being estimated compensation for medical expenses.

Just a day later, on April 11, 2025, another civil suit was filed against Asante and Schofield listing the plaintiff as Patrick Bartlett, representing the estate of deceased family member, Robin Bartlett.

Both cases plaintiffs are being represented by Andersen & Linthorst, P.C.

The suit claims Robin Bartlett arrived at RRMC on May 21, 2023; being intubated and sedated, receiving fentanyl and other drugs by Schofield while in the intensive care unit.

Bartlett died the next day, with the suit claiming she “displayed clear signs of infection.”

Excerpts of the complaints in the suit obtained from court records are below:

“The Defendant Asante knew, or should have known, of the serious risk of drug diversion by hospital staff. This is particularly true in light of the high incidence of drug diversion in facilities where surveillance systems and strict compliance with mandatory safety checks were not implemented or enforced, including at RRMC, where drug diversion by Asante nurses had been discovered before. Despite knowledge of these prior and ongoing diversions, defendant Asante failed to implement proactive safeguards, including surveillance systems, to prevent patient harm from the actions of impaired providers.”

“While a patient of defendant Asante RRMC on May 21, 2023 and May 22, 2023, Ms. Bartlett’s pain medications and/or sedatives were stolen and abused by defendant Dani Schofield and/or other employees and agents of defendant Asante. Ms. Bartlett was injected with unsterile tap water, bacteria, and/or other foreign, infected substances. As a result, Ms. Bartlett experienced intense pain and infection.”

The suit is a negligence-survival claim against Asante, and in the alternative to this wrongful death claim against Asante.

Against Danie Schofield is a count of negligence and abuse of a vulnerable person- a survival injury claim.

This lawsuit is for $7.1 million, with $7 million going towards the pain and suffering of Bartlett, and $88,430.02 going towards medical bills.