Sweet said there's no exact science to determine the financial damages. If they had the courtesy of a heads-up, there wouldn't have been this disruption.' What the plaintiffs might win if they prevail in the lawsuit

No one's going to write a (prescription) until a patient visit, and the first available appointment's in July. 'There's a sign taped to the door and a website that doesn't work. That prescription ran out at the end of last week. One member of the family receives prescription medicine that Sweet said is vital to their well-being. Sweet described the class representative, Callanan, as a regular guy with a wife and three children, all of whom depended on Compass for primary and specialty care. A lawsuit claims it then shared private information. Steward Health Care System faces suit: Patients used the health system's websites. There were hundreds of people awaiting tests, X-rays, CT scans, bloodwork results. Now she's scrambling to find a new provider, Sweet said. For instance, he said a woman was turned away from a mammography she scheduled weeks ago after discovering a lump in her breast.

Sweet said his firm has heard from hundreds of former patients since May 31 with 'really alarming' stories about disrupted care. In the meantime, Sweet asked the court for an injunction preventing Compass from 'transferring, assigning, selling or encumbering any of their assets.' Compass Medical patients left without care He said the company may have omissions-and-errors insurance, which protects high-level directors from liability for their business decisions. Bridgewater, Taunton, Quincy, Easton abruptly closesĬompass' ability to pay is a major question that will be answered through litigation, Sweet said. Shut down announced: Compass Medical with clinics in E. 'The class members deserve to be paid something,' Sweet said. While Sweet said he does not have any internal documents that point to prior knowledge of an inevitable closure, he believes business decisions going back months led to the shutdown. 'Someone from Compass didn't wake up and say, 'Oh, my God, we have to close.' That's not how this industry operates.' 'It's hard for any reasonable patient to believe everything came tumbling down in a day or even a week,' Sweet said. Sweet, who filed the class-action lawsuit June 2, said Compass' board of directors should have notified patients of the closure long before May 31. How the bankruptcy might affect the class-action lawsuit against Compass In October 2022, a Suffolk County Superior Court jury ordered Compass to pay $16 million to its partner, Steward Health Care System, for fraud. Jeffery could not be immediately reached for comment.Ĭhapter 7 bankruptcy 'provides for liquidation – the sale of a debtor's nonexempt property and the distribution of the proceeds to creditors,' according to the government website. Sweet works for the Milton-based Keches Law Group. Compass Medical's Taunton facility, located at 152 Dean St., seen here on Thursday, June 1, 2023, closed down abruptly on May 31, 2023, along with every branch location.

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