Trending Litigation Topics Regarding COVID-19

Another week brings another round of COVID-19-related lawsuits. We are identifying some early trends and provide a synopsis of the more relevant lawsuits below.

Will nursing homes be overwhelmed by wrongful death lawsuits?

The daughter of a woman suspected to have died from COVID-19 has filed a wrongful death suit against the company who owns the Life Care Center of Kirkland where her mother was a resident.

The suit alleges that the Life Care Center, which allegedly has 120 cases of COVID-19 and 37 deaths, was negligent in failing to alert officials within 24 hours of what it suspected was an influenza outbreak. The complaint also alleges the Life Care Center failed to quarantine residents and staff, but instead admitted new residents and held a Mardi Gras party.

According to the plaintiff, the Life Care Center concealed and suppressed facts from its residents in order to hide the risk of danger, thus causing her mother’s “catastrophic injuries, subsequent complications and ultimate death.”