A skilled nursing facility in California will have to appear in state court to defend a lawsuit alleging that it didn’t do enough to protect a resident from Covid-19, after the US Supreme Court opted not to interfere in the case Monday.
The top court’s denial of Glenhaven Healthcare LLC’s petition for review lets stand the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act doesn’t create exclusive federal jurisdiction for garden-variety state-law wrongful death and personal injury claims arising out of the pandemic.
This is one of numerous cases filed throughout ...
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