The families of three former residents of Canterbury at Cedar Grove in Essex County are suing the nursing home, claiming their loved ones died after contracting COVID-19 at the facility.
and 89 were infected is being sued by family members who say the facility failed to take proper precautions from the start of the pandemic.
The deaths occurred in April 2020, a month after the nursing home on Pompton Avenue declared a COVID-19 outbreak and two months after coronavirus-related nursing home deaths were reported in the state of Washington.reported there were 89 cases of COVID-19 among staff and residents at Canterbury since March 2020 and that nine people have died.
The families of Martino and Wells have filed class-action suits to represent “others similarly situated,” including residents or patients who died after contracting the virus at the nursing home, the suits state. Representatives of Canterbury and its parent company, Windsor Healthcare Management of Bergen County did not immediately return calls Tuesday seeking comment on the lawsuits.
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