Case of 76 in veterans home who died of COVID lands in court
By The Associated Press
Aug 25, 11:47 AM
Dr. David Clinton, former medical director at the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, listens to arguments during a hearing to dismiss criminal charges against him and former superintendent of the Home, Bennett Walsh, in Hampden Superior Court in Springfield, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (Don Treeger/The Republican via AP) (AP)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Two former top officials at a Massachusetts veterans home where nearly 80 residents died in one of the country’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks in a long-term care facility appeared in court Tuesday in an effort to have their criminal charges dismissed.
Lawyers for former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former Medical Director Dr. David Clinton argued on a number of motions to dismiss the case in Hampden Superior Court in Springfield.
They maintained the state had not met its burden of proof for charging their clients with 10 counts each, including abuse, neglect, or mistreatment of an elderly or disabled person.
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