No Benefits to Nurse for COVID-19 Infection

The Superior Court of Delaware upheld the denial of benefits to a nurse for her COVID-19 infection, finding it was more likely than not she had contracted the disease from her son than from her work. Case: Hudson v. Beebe Medical Center, No. S23A-10-002 NEP, 01/03/2024, published. Facts: Carol Hudson worked for the Beebe Medical Center as a frontline nurse on a COVID-19 floor in the fall of 2020. She contracted COVID-19 in October 2020 and was hospitalized. Her two sons also contracted the disease and one of them died of COVID-19 complications while Hudson was in the hospital. Procedural h...