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Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » COVID-19 roundup: Lawsuit filed over LaSalle Veterans' Home death; IDOC resuming in-person visitation; Hotel revenues plunged 80 percent


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Attorneys today filed suit on behalf of the family of 90-year-old Richard Cieski, Sr., a Korean War veteran who died in November 2020 following exposure to the novel coronavirus at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home.
The facility was negligent in failing to protect their husband and father from the virus, the family says, citing the facility’s apparent lack of precautions or preparation from the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 to the start of the November outbreak that ultimately resulted in the death of 36 residents.
Mr. Cieski died on November 15, 2020, having been exposed to the virus during that outbreak. ....

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