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Professor Nina Kohn writes “Nursing homes need increased staffing, not legal immunity”

Saturday, May 23, 2020, By Lily Datz
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Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Online Education at the College of Law, wrote a commentary for The Hill titled “Nursing homes need increased staffing, not legal immunity.” In her piece, Kohn states that nursing homes account “for the majority of COVID-19 deaths in many states,” causing the industry to lobby for protection from lawsuits, resulting in many states granting “nursing homes new immunity from civil liability either by executive order or statute.” Professor Kohn, who is an expert on law surrounding the care of elderly people, states that “it is hard to see how protecting nursing homes from liability — especially when the benefits accrue primarily to bad actors — outweighs the interest of residents, their families and the public in holding these institutions accountable.”

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