Piner's Nursing Home buyer sues; family files overdose lawsuit

A plan to sell and expand a longtime Napa business, Piner's Nursing Home, has turned into a lawsuit.

At the same time, the son of a woman who allegedly overdosed on fentanyl at Piner's is alleging elder abuse, neglect and other wrongdoing in a second, separate lawsuit.

Napa Pueblo LLC, the company that had been working to buy Piner's Nursing Home and related property in Napa, filed a civil complaint May 13 in Napa County Superior Court against Gary Piner, Piner's Nursing Home Inc. and other members of the Piner family, according to court documents.

The lawsuit says Napa Pueblo agreed in September 2024 to buy the nursing home business and nearby property for $6.25 million.

Those addresses include 1800 Pueblo Ave., 1820 Pueblo Ave. and 3019 California Ave. in Napa and are home to Piner's Nursing Home and Piner's Guest Home.

The lawsuit is the latest development in a possible change for the longtime Napa business.

Earlier this year, Oliver Rosenberg of Napa Pueblo LLC filed an application with the city of Napa to build a new wing on an empty lot next to the existing Piner's nursing home and guest house.

That project called for 48 new beds for medical, mental health or behavioral health patients. The proposed new wing would be attached to the existing 49-bed skilled nursing facility at Piner's.

At the time, Rosenberg said his company was in escrow to buy Piner's.

Now, Napa Pueblo says in court documents that the sale has not closed.

The company claims the sellers delayed the deal for many months. Napa Pueblo says the sellers did not provide monthly financial records and other documents on time. The company says that made it harder to get financing and move the deal forward.

Napa Pueblo also claims the sellers did not properly maintain the nursing home after the purchase agreement was signed.

According to the lawsuit, the California Department of Public Health issued 30 notices of deficiencies to the facility in 2025.

According to the CDPH website, Level 2 deficiencies mean "No actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm that is not immediate jeopardy."

The complaint also said Napa Pueblo later learned that state health officials had sent the sellers a new statement of deficiencies in April of this year. The suit says one of the findings involved "actual harm" related to a 78-year-old woman who allegedly overdosed on fentanyl on Feb. 1, 2026.

Napa Pueblo claims it was not told about that issue until after it had signed a later agreement and gave up some protections in the contract.

The complaint also says the facility was warned that a denial of payment for new admissions could take effect if the facility was not brought back into compliance. Napa Pueblo claims that the sellers did not tell the company about this until after the second agreement was signed.

The lawsuit alleges breach of contract and other claims. Napa Pueblo is now asking the court to make the sellers complete the sale. The company also wants the sellers to fix the state deficiency issues before the sale closes.

The alleged fentanyl overdose is also the focus of a separate lawsuit, filed days later by the woman's son against Piner's Nursing Home.

The second complaint centers on Shirley Jo Kilgore, a 78-year-old woman with dementia who, according to the lawsuit, was injured, overmedicated and neglected while living at Piner's Nursing Home.

Filed May 21 by Kilgore, through her son Daniel P. McQueeney, the lawsuit names Piner's Nursing Home Inc., as the defendant.

Kilgore has lived at Piner's Nursing Home since about 2020, according to the complaint. The lawsuit says she has dementia, is in a wheelchair and depends on staff for transfers, medication and daily care.

The lawsuit says Kilgore suffered a fentanyl overdose in February. She had been given fentanyl pain patches after a series of injuries.

The complaint says McQueeney was not formally told about the medication or asked for consent.

The lawsuit says Kilgore's fentanyl patch dose was later increased. On or about Feb. 1, 2026, Kilgore was found in respiratory distress and with low oxygen, the complaint says. Paramedics gave her Narcan, removed the fentanyl patch and took her to Queen of the Valley Medical Center.

The lawsuit says hospital records showed she improved after Narcan and patch removal, and that an "unintentional" overdose was suspected.

Kilgore is seeking damages, medical costs, attorneys' fees and other relief.

In a telephone interview on June 9, Jeremy Piner said he couldn't comment on the lawsuits.

Oliver Rosenberg said he is "hopeful and confident that we will close on acquiring Piner's."

"We are optimistic about the future of the skilled nursing facility once we acquire it," he wrote in an email.

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