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Two nurses say they were suspended and then fired after reporting patient safety violations and sexual harassment at a Massachusetts nursing home.
Ann Syrko and Kellie Neal worked as Licensed Practical Nurses at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In a lawsuit filed January 8, 2026, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, they claim their employers, Willowood of Great Barrington, Inc. and Integritus Healthcare, Inc., retaliated against them for speaking up.
The story they tell in court filings paints a troubling picture for anyone in human resources: employees who flagged serious concerns, only to find themselves on the receiving end of disciplinary action.
According to the lawsuit, the problems started in or about 2021. Staff members allegedly filmed a resident with dementia, trying to provoke distressing behavior. Neal saw colleagues show the video to the resident herself and reported it up the chain. The response, she claims, was not what anyone would expect from a compliant workplace. Administrator Rean Hernandez allegedly told staff to "forget the issue ever happened" and warned them, "this never happened, keep your mouth shut."
That was just the beginning. The nurses say they reported a staff member who photographed a resident during a medical emergency instead of helping, a patient fall that went unreported...
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