A suit on behalf of a onetime councilman of a New Jersey municipality, who died from COVID-19 contracted while he was a resident of a halfway house, won’t be permitted to move forward.

According to an Appellate Division ruling that upholds dismissal of the suit, Elias Chalet, a former Bloomfield councilman, pleaded guilty in 2017 to second-degree bribery in official and political matters. Before he was sentenced, Chalet provided medical reports to the court documenting his diagnosis of transient ischemic attacks. His doctor prescribed anticoagulant and aspirin to prevent a major stroke, and recommended visits to a cardiologist and neurologist, the court said.

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