Split Mass. High Court Reverses Dismissal In Veterans Home COVID-19 Death Case

Mealey's ( May 8, 2023, 1:06 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A split Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed a lower a court’s dismissal of criminal charges against a former superintendent and medical director of a veterans home for their roles in commingling COVID-19-symptomatic residents with asymptomatic residents, leading to 76 deaths, finding that the defendants’ failure to comply with infection control practices constituted wanton or reckless behavior....