US EditionU.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Cuomo COVID-19 lawsuit
The justices left in place lower court rulings that found Cuomo and state health officials were shielded by qualified immunity.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal holding Former Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration and the Greater New York Hospital Association responsible for thousands of nursing home deaths during COVID-19.
- Complainants alleged the administration violated the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act by issuing a March 2020 directive placing COVID-positive patients into nursing homes, a policy rescinded six weeks later.
- A lower court previously dismissed the case, granting qualified immunity to Cuomo and his former secretary, as well as the DOH commissioner, finding no legal wrongdoing.
- Responding to the decision, Spokesperson Rich Azzopardi called the legal challenges politicized, asserting every investigation has concluded there was no wrongdoing by the administration.
- A 2024 Republican-led panel previously blamed the administration, claiming officials "recklessly" exposed New York's most vulnerable population to COVID-19, marking a contentious history the Supreme Court's refusal now concludes.
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Supreme Court sinks wrongful death suit against Andrew Cuomo for COVID nursing home fatalities
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's camp says he has been absolved after the Supreme Court declined to hear a wrongful death suit tied to COVID-era nursing home orders.
The Herald Palladium
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Cuomo COVID-19 lawsuit
(The Center Square) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, claiming he was responsible for nursing home deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Syracuse NY
New York UpstateSupreme Court refuses to hear case against Cuomo over NY nursing home deaths
The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to hear a case against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over nursing home deaths in New York state during the Covid pandemic.
Supreme Court Lets Cuomo Walk on Nursing Home Deaths
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a wrongful death lawsuit against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his 2020 order forcing COVID-positive patients into nursing homes, a directive that families say killed thousands of elderly residents. The high court denied certiorari in the case led by Daniel Arbeeny of Brooklyn, who sued Cuomo after his 89-year-old father, Norman, a Korean War veteran, died in a nursing home following the Ma…
New York Post
CLG NewsSupreme Court lets Andrew Cuomo off the hook for ‘wrongful death’ of COVID nursing home patients
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a wrongful death lawsuit that had been rejected by the lower courts against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his controversial COVID-19 era nursing home policy.
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