Lawsuit filed against nursing home after deaths during Irma

A 94-year-old resident filled a lawsuit Sept. 15 against the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills.

During Hurricane Irma, eight residents died after the air condition system failed.

The lawsuit claims the nursing home showed ‘Negligence and reckless indifference” and was not adequately prepared for the hurricane.

Officials with the home are blaming Irma for knocking out a transformer that powered the AC system.