The lawsuit, the first tied to the deadly outbreak in LaSalle, was filed April 5 in the Illinois Court of Claims by the estate of Richard Cieski, a 90-year-old Korean War veteran who died Nov. 15 — 10 days after his family was notified that he tested positive for the coronavirus and two days after officials from the state Department of Public Health and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs inspected the facility.
Illinois VA sued by estate of Korean War vet who died in coronavirus outbreak at state home in LaSalle
