‘I…Thought I Was Saving His Life’: Families Of LaSalle Vets’ Home COVID Victims Prepare To Sue – NPR Illinois

"We’re in a rare situation in this LaSalle Veterans’ case where the state, who is the defendant in the lawsuit, investigated itself and, frankly, it has found itself guilty," attorney Michael Bonamarte said. "They have identified so many failures that would have been horrifying had they occurred at the beginning of the pandemic. But it's magnified by the fact that it happened [more than seven months after COVID's onset]."