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== Litigation ==

== Litigation ==

As a federal court held on August 19, 2020, in connection with [[COVID-19]]:

As a Federal District Court held on August 19, 2020, in connection with [[COVID-19]]:

{{cquote|Plaintiffs' complaint is admittedly broadly written, as most complaints are. But drilled down, Plaintiffs allege that the decedent died of COVID-19 because Defendants failed to take preventative measures to stop the entry and spread of COVID-19 within the facility. Plaintiffs contend that Defendants' failure to take those precautions led to the decedent contracting and dying of COVID-19. But nowhere in the complaint do Plaintiffs suggest that the decedent's death was causally connected to the administration or use of any drug, biological product, or device (i.e. a covered countermeasures). The claim seems to be precisely the opposite: that inaction rather than action caused the death.

{{cquote|Plaintiffs' complaint is admittedly broadly written, as most complaints are. But drilled down, Plaintiffs allege that the decedent died of COVID-19 because Defendants failed to take preventative measures to stop the entry and spread of COVID-19 within the facility. Plaintiffs contend that Defendants' failure to take those precautions led to the decedent contracting and dying of COVID-19. But nowhere in the complaint do Plaintiffs suggest that the decedent's death was causally connected to the administration or use of any drug, biological product, or device (i.e. a covered countermeasures). The claim seems to be precisely the opposite: that inaction rather than action caused the death.