LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The family of a man who went to a Louisville senior care facility to recover from surgery has filed a lawsuit alleging staff failures allowed him to leave the building and die after being exposed to the cold.
Ray Leist was staying at Masonic Homes off Frankfort Avenue, getting rehabilitation after surgery, when he was found face-down in a pool of his own blood on a sidewalk outside the facility on Nov. 13, 2022.
According to the lawsuit, Leist wandered around inside the building for more than two hours before pushing through a door on the second floor. A fire alarm sounded for more than 40 minutes before it was shut off, the suit continues…