Illinois Nursing Home Abuse News
Whistleblower nursing home abuse lawsuit settles
A whistleblower lawsuit was filed in February 2000 against owners and operators of a South Side Chicago nursing home. The former nursing home workers called the facility “a house of filth, terror and death.” Alleging between October 1998 and June 30, 2000 the nursing home residents were “routinely abused, neglected, mistreated, sexually assaulted, medicated as a form of punishment, unsupervised and otherwise untreated for their mental health, physical disability and substance abuse problems,” the case included very serious reports of inhumane conditions.
Managers have agreed to pay more than $1.6 million to settle a portion of the lawsuit alleging extreme nursing home abuse and Medicaid fraud. The two companies and four managers have admitted no wrongdoing in settling the federal suit. In addition to the extreme instances of nursing home abuse alleged, the lawsuit also said the seven story, 276-bed facility was operated in a physically hazardous manner than included chronic conditions like “bulging ceilings, crumbling walls, rodent and insect infestations, pervasive mildew and hazardous fire alarm and electrical systems.”
The settlement involved ABS Long-Term Care Management Co. Inc. and MBA-LTC Inc., Samuel and Joseph Brandman and David Abell, owners of ABS and MBA and their employee David Brand. The nursing home was closed several months after the lawsuit was filed in June 2000 after federal and state authorities found unsafe, unsanitary and hazardous conditions.
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