Family of 90-year-old Sues Nursing Home Over Hurricane Death

Family of Dolly Mallan, 90, whose death was attributed to "overheating" during a power outage after Hurricane Irma, have filed a lawsuit alleging that Savannah Court of the Palm Beaches and its executive director Michael Desalvo had no backup generators and no "plan in place to keep its residents cool from the hot Florida weather."

The children of 90-year-old West Palm Beach nursing home resident Dolly Mallan, who overheated and died after Hurricane Irma caused a power outage at the facility, have filed a negligence suit over her death.

According to the complaint, Michael Desalvo, executive director of Senior Living Properties V LLC., also known as Savannah Court of the Palm Beaches, failed to “ensure that air conditioning would be operational during after after Hurricane Irma,” which made landfall on Sept. 10, 2017, and cut power to almost two million South Floridians.

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