Daughters speak out after filing Riverbend lawsuit

The first family to file a lawsuit against Riverbend Post Acute Rehabilitation wants the facility to be held accountable for their father's death.

Eighty three have ten cases orless.

Of a lawsuit has beenfiled against Riverbend postacute rehab center in KCK as oftoday twenty eight residents ofriver band have now died fromcold in nineteen.

Today for oneactions investigator Jessicamaster spoke exclusively withthe first family to file aclaim against the nursing home.The family we spoke to saystheir dad went to river bndfor rehabilitation he wassupposed to come home thismonth.

You know you guys.

Youknow so it is like we missthose moments you know ourdeath and a baby is.

A long andher sister were trees Newmandescribed their dad okay alongas a family man.

We all havefamily gatherings we go toschool or you know decisivelyyou go to dairy queen E.

Eyestrained you know gonna makethat we just do our copy only.Than the man who had a strokefollowed by a seizure butsurvived in February he went toriver.

Post acuterehabilitation.

That was thelast location that was.

To goto.

And to get him prepared tocome back home he was supposedto spend twenty days it was avan for rehab but he needed twoextra weeks his daughter said.Time will be nineteen the treesinto mischief no longer visitit was heartbreaking because wewas that we are family wealways around.

On April St.

Hedied alone it was a sad momentbecause my dad was buys.

Themuse filed a lawsuit againstriver bend their attorneyRachel Staley says the suit isabout accountability we have asituation where river band wasnot following rules that hbeen put in place in order toprotect our most vulnerablepreventing health officials inWyandotte county believe thecovert nineteen outbreak that'skilled several residents therebegan with an employee whoworked well showing symptoms wegot a lot of market and we feltlike he had a lot more like theleader.

Was seven years ago wereached out as well aspokesperson says that they'reno longer commenting now thatthere's pending litigation aninvestigator Jessica McMasterforty one action news.

Somefamilies and it's these may befacing an uphill battle whatcomes to suing those nursinghomes six states have now beengranted immunity from Copaninety lawsuits as it pertainsto homes it's uncl