What You Need to Know About the Latest COVID-19 Activity Affecting Nursing Homes and LTC Facilities

Part I: Status of COVID-19 Lawsuits and Class Actions

October 14, 2021 10:15am

Olga Kats-Chalfant, Esq.
Divisional Claim Manager – Princeton
MedPro (Princeton, NJ)

Robin Khanal
Partner
Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A (Orlando, FL)

Malinda A. Miller
Partner
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP (Newark, NJ)

  • Analyzing trends in recent lawsuits and class actions regarding COVID-19 related negligence in nursing homes
  • Surveying activity within the various states as well as AG activity
  • Assessing the status of expanded immunity protections for the LTC industry under the federal CARES Act and state immunity statutes and executive orders
  • Understanding who and what activities are protected by these state statutes
    • Reviewing what states that do not have immunity are doing
    • Examining the fallout from public outcry against such immunity statutes