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Publix sued over Florida employee’s COVID-19 death

 Publix is being sued by the family of an employee who died from COVID-19.

According to a report by WPLG, the family of 70-year-old Gerardo Gutierrez filed a lawsuit against the supermarket chain.

The family claims Publix “prohibited employees” from wearing masks and gloves, even though Gutierrez wanted to wear one.

Gutierrez, according to the lawsuit, worked in the deli at the Publix on West Avenue in Miami Beach alongside “Jane Doe,” an unidentified co-worker who began showing symptoms of COVID-19 in late March after the pandemic hit Florida. The lawsuit claims Publix didn’t send her home, keep her in quarantine, or protect those around her despite her symptoms. “Jane Doe” ultimately tested positive for COVID-19.

On April 2, the lawsuit claims Publix sent Gutierrez home from work and told him to self-isolate. Five days later, Gutierrez tested positive for COVID-19. On April 10, Gutierrez went to the hospital. Family members met via Zoom to say their goodbyes after a priest read him his last rites on April 28, just before he died, WPLG reported. His family now wants damages in excess of $30,000.

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