Bob Dean
Bob Dean: Botched hurricane evacuation, fallout
As Hurricane Ida approached Louisiana in 2021, Bob Dean evacuated 843 residents from his seven nursing homes to a single Tangipahoa Parish warehouse. Once there, residents were left to wallow in their own urine and feces. Trash piled up. Four residents died.Â
The collection of stories below chronicles that ordeal and the various sanctions imposed on Dean as a result. Â
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The U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint Thursday against embattled ¶¶Òõh nursing home magnate Bob Dean, alleging that Dean misspent and misallocated $4 million from his nursing homes, lining his personal bank accounts with the misspent money.
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A Jefferson Parish judge approved a class-action settlement Monday for the 843 patients of seven south ¶¶Òõh nursing homes that Bob Dean e…
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Owner of seven Louisian homes faces criminal charges, slew of lawsuits over botched Hurricane Ida evacuation. Now a Georgia court is set to appoint a conservator.
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Settlement announced in class action against nursing home owner Bob Dean over botched Ida evacuation
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a class action suit against Baton Rouge nursing home owner Bob Dean over the mismanaged evacuation of seniors during Hurricane Ida said Thursday they've reached a preliminary settlement that could be between $12 million and $15 million.
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State District Judge Donald “Chick†Foret may no longer oversee a slew of lawsuits over the bungled evacuation of seven of Bob Dean’s nursing …
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Every year, three months before hurricane season, nursing homes along Louisian’s Gulf Coast are required to submit a stack of paperwork to st…
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More than two dozen classic cars owned by embattled nursing home owner Bob Dean, a collection that includes a 1930's coupe owned by a prominen…
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After ¶¶Òõh nursing home magnate Bob Dean sent hundreds of fragile residents to a poorly equipped warehouse for Hurricane Ida, the state s…
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An appeals court judge ruled Wednesday that a district judge in Jefferson Parish does not have a conflict and can continue to preside over a l…
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Lawyers for embattled ¶¶Òõh nursing home owner Bob Dean are asking for the removal of the Jefferson Parish judge assigned to a flurry of l…
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Last Sunday, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office got a call about a “plethora of medical records on different people†found dumped in a pile…
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Notorious nursing home operator Bob Dean has “significant dementia and cognitive impairment†and should not be forced to sit for depositions i…
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Long before Evelyn Harden was evacuated to an ill-prepared warehouse in a botched evacuation for Hurricane Ida, her family had concerns about …
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When photos and firsthand accounts showed that more than 800 frail nursing home residents were languishing in an ill-equipped warehouse after …
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The owner of seven nursing homes that evacuated 843 residents to a squalid warehouse for Hurricane Ida has filed appeal documents to get his n…
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¶¶Òõh state government does little to screen the nursing home natural disaster evacuation plans required by law or to ensure that nursing …
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'I don't know how we don't get a definitive answer,' frustrated committee chairman says
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State health officials now say that 15 nursing home residents have died out of a group of more than 800 that was evacuated to a warehouse in T…
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The owner of seven ¶¶Òõh nursing homes who sent more than 800 fragile residents to ride out Hurricane Ida in an unsanitary warehouse will …
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It’s only been a week since 843 nursing home residents were rescued from a partially flooded warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish where they were li…
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Hurricane Ida has helped make Bob Dean a household name in south ¶¶Òõh — for all the wrong reasons.
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Louisian health officials announced Tuesday that they are revoking Bob Dean's seven nursing-home licenses after he evacuated more than 800 nu…
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The ¶¶Òõh Department of Health announced 11 new Hurricane Ida-related deaths out of Orleans Parish in a press release Wednesday afternoon.
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The ghastly problems that festered after residents of seven New Orleans-area nursing homes were evacuated to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish …
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The nursing homes owner who left nearly 850 of his patients in an unsanitary warehouse following Hurricane Ida has been a generous supporter o…
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The ¶¶Òõh Department of Health announced Saturday evening that they are shutting down seven nursing homes owned by Baton Rouge businessman…
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Terry Hicks spent a week trying to contact her husband of 33 years after he told her his nursing home was evacuating ahead of Hurricane Ida.
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Two nurses who worked inside the Tangipahoa Parish warehouse where more than 800 nursing home residents have now been rescued from squalid con…
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After spending six days in a fetid warehouse with overflowing toilets and piled-up trash, four nursing home residents died and nearly 800 more…
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Bob Dean, the Baton Rouge developer whose ¶¶Òõh nursing home empire is at the center of controversy after four patients died in an Indepen…
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Four ¶¶Òõh nursing home residents have died and several hundred more have needed rescuing after seven nursing homes sent more than 800 pat…
