The LaSalle Veterans’ Home was the center of a deadly COVID-19 outbreak that began in November 2020.

The family of a 90-year-old Korean War veteran who died in November after he contracted COVID-19 at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home is seeking $2 million from the state, according to a lawsuit filed last week.

Attorneys working on behalf of the family of Richard Cieski Sr., who died in November, announced the suit Monday, alleging administrators of the veterans’ home were negligent by failing to protect the veteran.