Prime Healthcare CEO Prem Reddy/Image: Prime Healthcare website
The company also says it contacted the Los Angeles Police Department on September 9 and 10 and reported the matter to the Los Angeles City Council, but claims it did not receive a response. The lawsuit comes amid heightened scrutiny of security around senior healthcare executives following the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York. Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to stalking and murdering Thompson and is scheduled to be sentenced on December 18.
Reddy’s neighborhood and rally near his residence,” the message said, according to the lawsuit. “We will be joining together in Dr.
Prime Healthcare founder and CEO Dr Prem Reddy has sued two major US nurse unions, accusing them of targeting his family and other company executives with a campaign outside their homes in a wealthy Los Angeles neighbourhood, The New York Post reported.
Prime claims some of the material displayed photographs and details of executives’ private properties and urged people to “track down” Reddy. Reddy himself does not live in Brentwood, according to the complaint cited by the Post . The lawsuit says he has strong family ties to the area, with his daughter Sunitha Reddy and grandchildren among those living there. Fliers and banners were placed on telephone poles, streetlights and trees, while signs were also attached to private vehicles, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges that members of the California Nurses Association and National Nurses United distributed fliers and put up signs around Brentwood, where Reddy’s daughter and grandchildren live.
Because sunitha Reddy’s home is close to a school, the company claims the campaign caused concern among the families, particularly. Because of fears about their safety, the lawsuit says younger children were kept indoors.