FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2020, file photo, hosts, protected by glass window, attend a Christmas concert in a nursing home in Alzano Lombardo, one of the area that most suffered the first wave of COVID-19, in Northern Italy. All most people wanted for Christmas after this year of pandemic was some cheer and togetherness. Instead many are heading into a season of isolation, grieving lost loved ones, experiencing uncertainty about their jobs or confronting the fear of a potentially more contagious variant of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
Follow @bleonardcns
Sign up for new weekly newsletter Closing Arguments to get the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and hot cases and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world.
