Yesterday a Jefferson Parish judge delayed a hearing to determine whether an insurance settlement against nursing home operator Bob Dean can move forward.
Dean is under indictment for evacuating more than 800 nursing home residents to a warehouse in Independence during Hurricane Ida.
The residents, some elderly and in need of special medical attention, were forced to sleep on mattresses on the floor, without adequate staff, and poor sanitation.
At least seven people died.
Almost 30 attorneys for families of those residents are saying not enough has been done to determine Dean’s worth and what he should pay to those who suffered.
Judge Michael Mentz delayed the case 30 days to allow more time to determine Dean’s assets.
