Liable or not? Debate over COVID immunity playing out in CT FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 State Rep. Steve Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport, co-chairman of the legislative Judiciary Committee.Linda Conner Lambeck /Show MoreShow Less 2of5 State Rep. Craig Fishbein, R-Wallingford, ranking member of the legislative Judiciary CommitteeContributed photo /Show MoreShow Less 3of5 5of5 The debate over whether places like nursing homes, hospitals and companies should face liability for COVID cases is playing out in the state legislature. A month after Gov. Ned Lamont ended legal immunity protections in the pandemic for hospitals and nursing homes, the General Assembly seems less likely to either restore them, or extend proposed shields to other locations.