HOUSTON — A nurse working at a healthcare facility in Harris County who was attacked and beaten by a patient is claiming his former employer failed to protect its workers.
Murrey Burnside filed a complaint April 19 in Harris County District Court against Res-Care Inc., doing business as BrightSpring Health Services, BrightSpring Health Services and John Doe alleging negligence.
Burnside alleges in his complaint that while working as a nurse for Res-Care and BrightSpring Health in Harris County on April 4, 2019, he was "violently attacked and beaten" by a patient being transported within the facility. He claims that as a result of the attack, he suffered "severe" physical and emotional injuries including physical impairment and disfigurement as well as loss of earnings.
Burnside alleges that the defendants were negligent for failing to properly train staff members and implement procedures to protect employees who work with patients at the facility "that have known to be aggressive and violent."
Burnside seeks monetary relief of more than $1 million, interest, trial by jury and all other just relief. He is represented by Stephen Waker, Gregory Finney and Juan Solis of The Law Offices of Manuel Solis PC in Houston and Hieu Huynh of Huynh & Huynh PLLC in Houston.
Harris County District Court case number 2021-23150