POCAHONTAS COUNTY, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - An alleged whistleblower who reported she was fired from a nursing home after being instructed to “keep your mouth shut” about a resident’s death has dropped her lawsuit.
Tylene Schultz had sued the Fonda Specialty Care nursing home, its parent company, Care Initiatives, and licensed practical nurse Becky Manning in Pocahontas County District Court. In April 2025, the portion of the lawsuit dealing with Manning was dismissed. Recently, Schultz’s attorney, Molly Hamilton, filed papers with the court dismissing the remainder of the lawsuit.
Hamilton said Tuesday the lawsuit was dismissed due to a recent agreement between the parties that includes a confidentiality provision. The case had been scheduled to go to trial in August 2026.
In her lawsuit, Schultz had alleged that in the summer of 2022, she was hired at Fonda Specialty Care by its then-administrator, Jennifer Blair, to work in the home as a certified nursing assistant. On Feb. 18, 2023, according to the lawsuit, the home scheduled a temp-agency nurse, Manning, to work the overnight shift due to a shortage of staff nurses. During the shift, a resident with a tracheostomy died about 2:25 a.m., the lawsuit claims.
State records indicate the resident who died was 87-year-old Marvin “Pete” Jacobs, who had undergone a tracheostomy and needed regular suctioning of his airway. The lawsuit alleged Jacobs died because throughout the shift, Manning refused to numerous requests...
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