Justice Dismisses COVID Death Suit Against Care Home, Cites Health Law Immunity

(May 7, 2024, 8:41 AM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A New York state court justice dismissed a negligence and wrongful death suit filed against a nursing home by the estate of a former resident who died from COVID-19, finding that the New York state Legislature intended the repeal of a liability-limiting statute for health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic to be prospective rather than retroactive....