It looks like a nursing home chain is in hot water with its former attorneys.
The law firm Hardin Jesson & Terry PLC, which has offices in Fort Smith and Little Rock, sued its former clients AdCare Health Systems Inc., now known as Regional Health Properties Inc. of Atlanta, for allegedly not paying for the legal services it provided.
The total amount said to be owed to the general practice law firm?
$540,266, according to the filing in Sebastian County Circuit Court.
The 31-page complaint was filed last month by the firm’s attorney, John C. Everett of Farmington, against AdCare and more than a dozen of its entities.
The debt “just accrued,” Everett said. He said the attorneys fees that were billed sometimes were paid in part “and sometimes not paid at all.
And as you probably know when a lawyer is in a case, he has an obligation to the court, and to other people too, to stay in the case.”
The debts are for legal services that include defending AdCare properties in several wrongful death lawsuits, some that date back to 2015.
In 2017, Regional Health merged with its former parent AdCare Health Systems. Regional Health has a portfolio of 30 senior care properties and skilled nursing homes that have a total of 3,229 beds, according to its website.
Regional Health did not immediately return a call for comment.
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