US EditionLawsuit alleges Nevada Veterans nursing home endangered patients, retaliated against staff
Former employees allege retaliation, sham investigations, and unsafe practices at a 180-bed veterans nursing home, including a COVID-19 outbreak causing three deaths, lawsuit claims.
- A group of former employees sued the Nevada Department of Veterans Services earlier this year, alleging retaliatory behavior and endangering resident safety at the Southern Nevada state-run veterans nursing home.
- Plaintiffs say agency leaders conducted 'sham' investigations that led to unlawful terminations and pressured employees to alter timekeeping or mishandle controlled substances in the veterans nursing home workplace environment earlier this year.
- The complaint details safety failures at the veterans home, including Corine Watson's refusal to implement COVID-19 testing causing a November 2022 outbreak that killed three patients, with Fred Wagar, former NDVS director removed last year, also named.
- Plaintiffs are asking for a jury trial and damages for lost benefits, mental anguish and loss of enjoyment of life after the State of Nevada moved to partially dismiss some claims in June.
- The suit follows a Nevada State Police investigation launched last year into the 180-bed Southern Nevada state-run veterans facility, and plaintiffs expanded the complaint in January with three additional ex-employees and a contractor, alleging impacts on veterans and their families.
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milescitystar.comLawsuit alleges Nevada Veterans nursing home endangered patients, retaliated against staff
A group of former employees is suing the Nevada Department of Veterans Services (NDVS), alleging that the agency and multiple officials engaged in retaliatory behavior and endangered the safety of residents at a state-run veterans nursing home in Southern Nevada.
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Ex-workers sue Nevada veterans agency, allege retaliatory, dangerous behaviors - The Nevada Independent
The lawsuit alleges that top officials engaged in “sham” investigations against workers that led to their unlawful termination. It also alleges that those leaders asked the employees to commit illegal activity.
A group of former employees sued the NDVS, claiming that the agency and officials engaged in reprisals and endangered the residents.
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