Due To Inexpert Witness, Dismissal Affirmed In COVID Death Suit Against Care Home

(September 23, 2022, 9:58 AM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey appellate court affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of an estate administrator’s negligence suit filed against an assisted living facility on behalf of a former resident who died there from COVID-19, finding that dismissal was correct because the administrator failed to provide an affidavit of merit showing that his expert witness was licensed and qualified to testify about the appropriate standard of care....