Elm Management Services and Consulting Lawsuit

After several months of abuse by the Waterville Center for Health and Rehab, the family of Daneil Crommett is finally seeking justice by filing a civil lawsuit against the reckless facility. The case includes many credible allegations of neglect including consistent mistreatment, falsified medical records, and diversion of facility resources by corporate owners.

Crommett struggled with cerebral palsy, autism, and a seizure disorder until Waterville led him to his untimely death in 2021. After accepting Crommett and acknowledging his medical conditions and necessary treatment, the Rehab facility refused Crommett his seizure medication, lied about administering the medicine, and failed to notify his family of the repeated seizures, falls, and hospital visits he had due to their lack of care. But the Waterville staff didn’t stop there—he was also administered antipsychotic medication without a doctor’s order and left soiled and without his wheelchair.

Not only was their treatment of Crommett cruel to the resident and his family, but deeply humiliating as well.

The lawsuit points out the habit most facilities tend to have: that owners lie about the real cost of rent and management fees, thus hiding the money that’s available to spend on staffing, and in turn, allow extreme understaffing and substandard care to take place. The culprits are named in the complaint as the Waterville Center for Health and Rehab, Highwood Realty LLC, Elm Management Services and Consulting, BSD ME 26 LLC, Blueprint Healthcare LLC, and include individual owners and managers such as Akiko Ike, Ephram Lahasky, and Michael Biderman.

Being only 48, Crommett’s case may serve as a lesson to anyone who thinks it is only seniors who are mistreated by care facilities, as rehab and health centers have proven themselves to have no limit in who they will abuse and neglect.

After learning of all the abuse their late family member endured and beginning to cope with his death, the Crommett family is seeking damages for negligence, wrongful death, breach of contract, fraudulent concealment, and punitive damages.

As Crommett’s attorney said,

“Daniel was promised compassionate care and instead was subjected to months of abuse and neglect. We hope this case not only secures justice for the Crommett family, but also forces accountability and change for this facility and its owners.”