HCR Healthcare LLC must defend claims that it failed to take appropriate action to protect a patient from contracting Covid-19, from which he died in May 2020.
The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act didn’t immunize the skilled nursing facility operator from suit for Robert McRedmond Sr.'s death, the US District Court for the District of Delaware said in an opinion denying the company’s motion to dismiss the suit.
This is one of many cases growing out of Covid-19 related nursing home deaths that occurred at the beginning of the pandemic. Operators unsuccessfully argued in earlier suits that the PREP ...
Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:
See Breaking News in Context
Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis.
Already a subscriber?
Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources.