May 19, 2008 8:56 pm US/Central
Nursing Home Sued For Negligence After Fatal Fire
CHICAGO (STNG) ―
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Two men died and two other people were taken to hospitals in a fire at the Hampton Plaza Nursing Home in Niles.
CBS
The daughter of a 67-year-old man killed in a nursing home fire filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Monday claiming the facility did not have an adequate fire prevention system or enough manpower to deal with an emergency situation.
Alla Mavlyanova, on behalf of her deceased father Igor Shteyn, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court against Hampton Plaza Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Hampton Plaza Realty and BM of Chicago Ridge.
The blaze on Wednesday, May 14, at Hampton Plaza Nursing Home killed Shteyn and 76-year-old Naum Berdichevfky, both of whom resided at the Niles nursing home.
The suit claims the defendants carelessly failed to have an adequate fire prevention system in place, including an operable sprinkler system, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors and alarms. The facility's staff also did not follow proper procedures when dealing with the fire.
Shteyn, who immigrated to the States from Ukraine, left behind his daughter, and another child, Gennady Shchukin.
The family is seeking to get its own forensic fire experts to analyze the damaged areas to determine the cause of the fire and will be investigating what type of protective devices were actually installed in the nursing home, according to a release from Goldberg, Weisman & Cairo, Ltd., the firm representing Alla Mavlyanova.
The training of the nursing home personnel will also be analyzed, the release said.
The fire was contained to the room where it began, and Niles police are still investigating the cause of the fire. Niles police said there is no reason to suspect foul play.
Hampton Plaza, 9777 N. Greenwood Ave., is a nursing facility with 304 beds providing numerous medical services, according to an online medical directory.
The suit seeks more than $50,000 in damages.
(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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