New York Bill Would Trim Liability Shields Given to Care Providers in Pandemic

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Some New York lawmakers want to limit the civil- and criminal-liability protections that were granted to state hospitals and health-care workers during the height of the coronavirus crisis

The state budget passed in April had a provision that largely shielded health-care facilities and workers to most forms of civil and criminal liability related

to the care of patients during the pandemic. At the time, many hospital and medical providers faced severe overcrowding that could force decisions about how to...

 

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Force people to work 100 hours a week in areas they aren’t trained with patient loads above the standard while not providing them with enough gear to protect themselves and now of course sue them. Such greed. Vultures!

lawyers gotta eat...

WhAt anyone is lucky to some through alive from tis COVID-19 virus 🦠 if they die it is 😔 sad there are no guarantees you will not die from this terrible thing. The though of enacting litigation is ridiculous

Cuomo better get a very good lawyer.

Just go after Cuomo you would have an excellent case if you had a family member die in a nursing home where Cuomo sent COVID patients back into

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