For more than 30 years, Margarita Williams dedicated her life to teaching young people, helping vulnerable adults earn their GEDs and opening her home to children in need. Today, her family says the woman who spent decades caring for others deserved better care herself.
Williams, a longtime physical education teacher at Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, New Jersey, is at the center of a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges a Livingston nursing home failed to provide the care that could have prevented the infections that ultimately claimed her life.
Her son, Kevin Williams, says his mother’s legacy extends far beyond the legal battle now unfolding in Essex County Superior Court…