Class Action Targets Management of Veterans' Facility for COVID Outbreak

A nurse at a state-run veterans’ facility in Massachusetts where 77 people died from COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic filed a class-action lawsuit accusing management of intentionally placing staff in danger. Plaintiff Kwesi Ablordeppey filed the complaint Friday on behalf of himself and other workers at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. Ablordeppey alleges that in March 2020, management routinely denied requests from workers for personal protective equipment without explanation and despite there being a sufficient supply of masks and other equipment to last throughout t...