Rick Scott destroyed evidence that would have cleared defendants in nursing home manslaughter case, lawyers say

Twelve residents of the center, ranging in age from 57 to 99, died from heat-related ailments after the storm, which knocked out the facility’s air conditioning system. As temperatures climbed in the two-story building, patients complained to no avail. On Sept. 13, 2017, three days after Irma passed, eight Rehabilitation Center patients died. Four others died in the weeks that followed.