Comp Claim Gets Notice After Nurse Dies of COVID-19

Attorneys for the family of a nurse who died of COVID-19 have taken her case to the news media, charging that an insurer is fighting the workers' compensation claim despite reports of multiple outbreaks at the nursing home where the woman worked. The insurance carrier and the employer said the reaction is premature and that the claim is still under review. The story has made headlines around Missouri and has evoked sympathy for the family and outrage against the nursing home, claimants' attorney Kristie Welder said. The director of the Kansas City facility had reassured the nurse, T...