10 Minnesota Nursing Homes Named in Class Action Lawsuit Against E... (ntry. A July 272008 article in the Milwa...)

10 Minnesota Nursing Homes Named in Class Action Lawsuit Against Extendicare

Date:10/30/2008

ntry. A July 27, 2008 article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that Extendicare owns 26 nursing homes in Wisconsin. Twenty of them have been cited for at least one serious care violation in the past three years. The article also reports that in 2005, Extendicare paid $2.3 million to Wisconsin in a civil settlement over serious nursing home violations arising from the 2003 death of a resident. Its Sun Prairie home, Willows Nursing & Rehabilitation, was cited for poor care after two residents died. Willows paid $198,045 in state and federal fines; it also is on the federal list of the worst homes in the country.

Extendicare is facing a similar class action lawsuit in Washington. That suit was brought by The Garcia Law Firm of Long Beach, Calif., and by Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Coluccio of Seattle, Wash., both of whom are co-counsel with Pearson, Randall, Schumacher & LaBore.

"Stephen Garcia was the first attorney to successfully use this strategy to force these long-term skilled nursing companies into changing their ways," says Pearson. "The settlements he made with companies in California and Oregon resulted in real change, including the appointment of an independent monitor, selected by Garcia, to ensure the nursing homes live up to their agreements. If they don't, they go back to court."

Pearson continues, "Everyone in Minnesota knows the work my partner Ken LaBore has done in fighting elder and nursing home abuse. We know that with the powerhouse duo of LaBore and Garcia we can bring desperately needed change to Minnesota's nursing home industry."

Extendicare Homes, Inc. is a subsidiary of Extendicare Health Services, Inc. and is the licensee of a number of long-term nursing facilities. In the United States, Extendicare Health Services, Inc., (EHSI), based in Milwaukee, Wisc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian company Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust (Extendicare REIT).

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