Brain Center Stymied Abuse Investigators, Lawsuit Claims

Florida’s federally-designated disability rights advocacy group sued one of the country’s largest brain-injury centers, alleging the facility is blocking its efforts to probe complaints of recent patient mistreatment.

The Florida Institute for Neurologic Rehabilitation prevented an investigator from interviewing witnesses and from visiting locations on campus where alleged abuse occurred, according to the lawsuit, filed by Disability Rights Florida in U.S. District Court in Tampa. One investigator was asked to leave the Wauchula, Florida facility, the advocacy group said in the lawsuit.