US EditionFederal Judge Dismisses COVID-19 Lawsuit Against Cuomo
- A federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, stating the legal standard for suing was not met.
- Judge Katherine Polk Failla noted that while the events were tragic, the government was not directly responsible for the deaths.
- The plaintiffs, who argued that their loved ones died due to Cuomo's directive, claimed their loved ones contracted COVID-19 because of the March 2020 directive allowing hospitals to send COVID-positive patients to nursing homes.
- Cuomo's spokesperson, Rich Azzopardi, welcomed the ruling, stating that the judge's decision confirmed the truth when the matter was taken from the political arena to the courts.
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Remembering Cuomo's Covid Misrule
On 25 March, 2020, at the height of the Covid pandemic, a single piece of paper, a directive signed by Andrew Cuomo, then the governor of New York, brought about thousands of deaths in nursing homes and similar care facilities. Among the victims were my parents, Michael J. Newman and Dolores D. Newman, but known as Mickey and Dee to anyone who knew them.
Judge Dismisses COVID Lawsuit Against Former New York Gov. Cuomo
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that blamed his administration for COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes across the state. In her order, U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla wrote that the plaintiffs in the case did not have the federal right to file a lawsuit against the former governor, a Democrat who is currently running to be the next mayor of New York City, as wel…
Second COVID nursing home death's case against Cuomo tossed
A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit accusing former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration of being responsible for the deaths of their loved ones in nursing homes during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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