Florida Group Home Sued After Resident Allegedly Contracts ‘flesh-eating’ Bacteria

A group location successful Florida has been sued aft a resident allegedly contracted “flesh-eating” bacteria from a wound coiled and mislaid 2 of his fingers.

Kelly Gray, nan mother of 34-year-old David Nolan-Hersey, is seeking $100,000 successful damages successful her suit against Tampa’s All About Living Inc., claiming unit were negligent successful their attraction of her son, who has autism and an intelligence disability, per section outlet WFLA.

Nolan-Hersey moved into nan group location successful July 2025, and successful October of that year, he was bitten connected his manus by different resident, WFLA reported Tuesday, citing nan lawsuit.

Shortly after, connected October 31, 2025, Nolan-Hersey woke up sick and was “violently” throwing up, nan suit reviewed by nan outlet, states.

That day, Jessica Espinosa, who runs nan group location pinch her hubby Eduardo, took a video of Nolan-Hersey while he was successful furniture and said to him, “You not emotion good, David?” according to nan lawsuit. Gray’s boy allegedly said, “Owie,” and pointed to his arm.

Nolan-Hersey did not person aesculapian curen until nan adjacent day, astatine which constituent he had a somesthesia of 101.2 degrees and swelling successful his correct manus and arm, according to nan lawsuit.

The Independent has reached retired to All About Living Inc. for comment.

At Tampa General Hospital, Nolan-Hersey was diagnosed pinch necrotizing fasciitis, commonly referred to arsenic “flesh-eating” bacteria, according to nan family’s attorneys, WFLA reports.

Necrotizing fasciitis is simply a rare, but superior bacterial infection that tin quickly move into a life-threatening emergency, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC warns that group infected pinch necrotizing fasciitis request contiguous aesculapian attraction and that it tin origin lifelong complications owed to surgical removal of infected tissue.

Dr. Fritz Brink, a wide surgeon successful South Florida who did not dainty Nolan-Hersey, told nan Tampa Bay Times, “This is simply a quickly progressing infection.”

“And since nan curen is surgical, nan further nan infection travels, nan much room needs to beryllium done successful bid to power nan infection.”

Nolan-Hersey had to person 2 of his fingers amputated, and he permanently mislaid usability successful his correct hand, nan family’s attorneys said.

“The failures described herein were not isolated errors successful judgement, but alternatively nan foreseeable consequence of systemic understaffing, inadequate training, deficient supervision, and operational policies, practices, and procedures,” nan suit said.