N.Y. Appeals Court Reverses Denial Of Rehab Dismissal In COVID Wrongful Death Case

( September 18, 2026, 10:22 AM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A New York appellate court reversed a lower court’s ruling denying dismissal of a wrongful death suit against a nursing and rehabilitation facility and its owner and operator after a woman died purportedly from contracting COVID-19 at the facility, finding that the lower court should have dismissed the complaint because the defendants were immune from liability under the Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act (EDTPA)....

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