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David Liesse is one of about two dozen relatives who lost family members at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home who are now preparing to file suit against the state and the home for what Liesse calls “all-around mismanagement.”
He holds the state liable for the death of his father, a native of Spring Valley in Bureau County.
“They did not take proper precautions with him when they needed to,” he said.
“When I left on that Wednesday, he had absolutely no signs of any illness of any kind, and he was confined to his room, he never left his room, but people came into his room,” David Liesse said. “The virus doesn’t run down the hall on its own. […]
Bonamarte, the lawyer who represents Stachowicz, pointed to reports released late last year that he said show “horrible mismanagement of the facility.”
“You have a lack of planning, you have a lack of infection prevention plans or policies, major issues with communication, staff training, education, the wrong type of hand sanitizer,” Bonamarte said.
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, May 10, 21 @ 2:35 am
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How DeSantis became the country’s villain, yet protected the vulnerable, elderly and nursing homes is beyond me. The question is whether Pritzker follows the Cuomo route or whether Chapa Lavia takes the heat for him.
Comment by Ed Equity Monday, May 10, 21 @ 5:21 am
=== How DeSantis became the country’s villain===
DeSantis is a guy who took $250K from Bruce Rauner to vaccine uber-wealthy folks… a pattern that seems to be a DeSantis calling card.
Meh. Not surprised you ignored that.
To the post,
The discovery for these lawsuits will be eye opening and potentially explosive. We may see how bad the former director was, and how terribly long the Pritzker Administration seemingly kept the director around.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 7:04 am
Is this case being filed in state or federal court? IF it is state court, to get $$ they’ll have to file with the Court of Claims. After the Uhl sisters were killed in a 2007 traffic accident in Metro East by an ISP Trooper driving over 120 MPH, their parents sued in St. Clair County Court, the case was dismissed, and they had to file with the Court of Claims.
Comment by Anyone Remember Monday, May 10, 21 @ 8:28 am
This should be interesting.
Especially when the case gets to the part where the LaSalle county sheriff openly stated on multiple occasions there will be no enforcement in the county of any covid related health orders.
Comment by TheInvisibleMan Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:02 am
==Meh. Not surprised you ignored that.==
Life and Death stats work for me. Our State, Chapa, and our Gov. (however well intentioned) are in the same class as Cuomo on this. They failed.
Are you overlooking persons who perished?
Comment by A Guy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:14 am
=== Life and Death stats work for me.===
As a Trumpkin, of course they do. Your idea of things “working” for you allow your shaky ethics to thrive.
You see no “bad” in paying $250K to ensure the wealthy get vaccinated. You’re good with that. Of course you are.
The tragedies of Quincy and LaSalle are owned by governors. They always will be, and as the depositions and discovery aspect of LaSalle begins, those who died aren’t forgotten, nope.
=== Are you overlooking persons who perished?===
Like I said, we can discuss you’re thoughts to Quincy if you’d like… but hypocrisy tries to blind tragedies and victims, depending how you’ve voted…
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:20 am
As a chumpkin, your ethics shift with the sand. They are now “paying” persons to get the vaccine. That sounds a lot like ‘do whatever is necessary to get as many vaccinated as possible’. Who’s to complain that people are doing whatever they can to vaccinate? Older people take this much more seriously and are cooperating at a higher level. Believe the Science, or the math; I don’t care. La Salle is a tragedy. He owns it. Now let’s see if he’s held accountable. Florida had far greater challenges with a much higher population and far more seniors and senior centers. They did a laudable job.
Your argument is doubling down on a pair of deuces; which is what Chapa and the Gov did. Wait til you see the cost the you, me and everyone else here pays for this ignorance and arrogance. Being Vets makes it even worse.
Comment by A Guy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:32 am
@Anyone Remember
== Is this case being filed in state or federal court? IF it is state court, to get $$ they’ll have to file with the Court of Claims. ==
Unless there is a specific federal cause of action (which I doubt, in this case), you’re correct. Cases against the state for damages go to the Court of Claims. The Court of Claims is so slooooooow even on good days.
Comment by Homebody Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:33 am
=yet protected the vulnerable, elderly and nursing homes is beyond me=
No state did great. None. What happened in Illinois Vets homes is a definite stain on the governor’s tenure in Illinois. When men and women serve our country we owe it to them to take care of them when they need it. We didn’t, I only hope Chapa-Lavia is held accountable beyond the resignation.
Desantis did not protect anyone and recently removed what little protections remained. as of February 10,000 staff and residents in nursing homes perished in FLA. Not good.
Comment by JS Mill Monday, May 10, 21 @ 10:25 am
This has nothing to do with Rauner or Desantis.
It has to do with fairness. The slow moving, almost invisible Legionnaires disease was all Rauner’s fault - “governors own” was the rallying cry right here on this site. It was all Ruaner’s fault, he killed verterans.
Now we have Covid19. Not much needs to be said. You could actually live in a cave, never come out, and you would now about Covid. The entire world knows about Covid. We heard about people dying of it specifically in retirement homes.
And when it happens here?
“how terribly long the Pritzker Administration seemingly kept the director around.”
Why is it the administration keeping someone around? Why is it now Pritzker? Just like Rauner “killed” veterans, hasn’t Pritzker now literally and I mean literally killed veterans?
Why does he not “OWN” this OW. Why?
Comment by allknowingmasterofraccoodom Monday, May 10, 21 @ 11:03 am
=== Why does he not “OWN” this OW. Why?===
Where did I say that?
Today…
=== The tragedies of Quincy and LaSalle are owned by governors.===
And this…
=== - Oswego Willy - Friday, Apr 30, 21 @ 10:04 am
Personnel IS policy.
Choosing an inept legislator after, arguably, the worst “to date” case of incompetence at Quincy’s Home, the lingering and how long Chapa La Via was *still* in her role, that is devastating to those families and those veterans.
To the CoS who seemed to be saddled with so much because of a lazy and purposely aloof Director, the reality is simple; if personnel is policy, and I believe that to my “political core”, I look at both Chapa LaVia and others who had to have known of Chapa LaVia’s dereliction of duty AND that the people attempting to make up for it were also grossly inadequate. That’s it.
If governors own, and I believe that too to my “political core”, then Chapa LaVia and her continued presence while not being anything close to a leader or competent, it can’t be brushed aside that the buck stops with Chapa LaVia===
Keep up, you’re embarrassing yourself.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 11:20 am
=== Who’s to complain that people are doing whatever they can to vaccinate?===
Your lack of ethics only rivals when you see no problem with racists remarks.
You keep telling us who you are. Stop. I already believe you.
===He owns it. Now let’s see if he’s held accountable.===
When you voted for Rauner, again, were you absolving Rauner for the deaths at Quincy.., yet… here you are.
I mean, sure, it’s who you are, but this idea you want “accountability” is pathetic partisan phony… and on brand.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 11:24 am
You should contemplate that your participation here causes a ‘net’ loss of others following. So read your entries three times to make up the difference. You might also discover what so many others have. You make this place unwelcome.
Comment by A Guy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 12:43 pm
- A Guy -
Good to see you resigned yourself to your own ridiculousness to make it about me and not about your own silly arguments.
=== You make this place unwelcome.===
Your defending of racist remarks and ignoring hypocrisy is something I am not embracing. I’m sorry your feelings get hurt when reminded of such things.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 12:49 pm
Hopefully the current staff can learn from past mistakes. There should an after action accountability of what went wrong, why it went wrong and how to correct those errors and get things under control.
They cannot make up for the loss of life. What they can do is make the corrections to minimize future loss of life. No plan against an invisible enemy like biological diseases can be 100% perfect, that is reality, but we must strive for it.
The politics of it are unnecessary, it is just a blame game. This shouldn’t be a partisan issue. These veterans served for us, some volunteered, some were drafted. Some were Republicans, some Democrats, some Independents and some knew no political affiliation. We owe them the same fortitude they showed us to protect them in their twilight years.
Comment by FormerParatrooper Monday, May 10, 21 @ 1:32 pm
Well said FormerParatrooper.
Comment by PublicServant Monday, May 10, 21 @ 2:08 pm