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At the urging of nursing homes, a law is amended and COVID court claims are slowed
Reuters
1/28/2021
By Tom Hals
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Garnice Robertson poses with her mother Georgia Mae Clardy at a nursing facility in Kansas City
By Tom Hals
(Reuters) - Garnice Robertson wants accountability for her mother s death from COVID-19 caught while she was living at a Kansas nursing home that allegedly failed to prevent an outbreak of the disease. An unexpected legal hurdle stands in her way.
The nursing home argues it has complete legal immunity for lawsuits like Robertson s stemming from COVID-19. It cites recent changes to a 2005 law by the former Trump administration that had been sought by the senior care industry. ....

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