COVID-19 nursing home deaths Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Immunity For New Jersey Officials Regarding Nursing Home COVID-19 Claims

March 20, 2026

In March 2020, New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy issued an executive order declaring the COVID-19 pandemic a public health emergency. Three weeks later, New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith M. Persichilli issued a directive to implement the executive order. To ensure hospital bed c[...]

CMS Study Reports On Disparate Effects Of COVID-19 On Nursing Home Residents

September 20, 2021

The recent CMS report entitled “The Impact of COVID-19 on Medicare Beneficiaries in Nursing” stated: “Nursing home residents account for about 2% of the Medicare population, but about 22% of all COVID-19 cases. Nursing home residents were 14 times more likely to be diagnosed with C[...]

AARP Nursing Home COVID-19 Report (July 2021)

July 23, 2021

AARP’s Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard was updated as of July 15, 2021 and tracks five categories of the impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes, which has killed more than 184,000 nursing home residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. The AARP Dashboard is updated [...]

New York Attorney General Issues Report Critical Of Nursing Home COVID-19 Neglect

February 2, 2021

The New York State Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) issued a report in late January 2021 entitled “Nursing Home Response to COVID-19 Pandemic” that found: » A larger number of nursing home residents died from COVID-19 than DOH [New York State Department of Health] data[...]

Superintendent And Former Medical Director Of Massachusetts Nursing Home Indicted For COVID-19 Neglect

September 28, 2020

The Attorney General of Massachusetts announced on September 25, 2020 that Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former Medical Director David Clinton of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts (“SHH”) have been indicted on criminal neglect charges for their roles in the deadly COVID[...]

Multiple Violations Found At New Jersey Nursing Home Where 35 Residents Have Died From COVID-19 Since March

April 22, 2020

A New Jersey nursing home where 35 residents have died since March has been cited with five violations as a result of an inspection conducted on April 17, 2020. The nursing home had until April 20 to correct the violations. The plan of correction reportedly must include an on-site infection preventi[...]

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