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Health Care & Hospital Law

May 22, 2020

Nursing home in Glendale might be 1st sued over virus

The family of a man who died of Covid-19 complications filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his nursing home Thursday, alleging elder abuse, willful misconduct and negligence.

The family of a man who died of Covid-19 complications filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his nursing home Thursday, alleging elder abuse, willful misconduct and negligence.

The lawsuit might be the first of its kind filed in California related to the pandemic, according to the family's attorney, Scott C. Glovsky, and it is likely to renew calls in Sacramento for a law to shield health care providers from liability for Covid-19-...

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