July 12, 2023
A Massachusetts veterans' home that was the site of a deadly COVID-19 outbreak ducked a federal suit Wednesday by former employees who said they raised concerns over the facility and a second nursing home, with a judge ruling the plaintiffs are state workers and not entitled to whistleblower protection.
August 17, 2022
Two former Massachusetts health care officials claimed in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that they were fired after flagging concerns about pandemic conditions in a pair of veterans' nursing facilities, including one where a COVID-19 outbreak killed 76 people.