November 21, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a California nursing home's contention that there was a split between the Third and Ninth circuits over the extent that a federal health emergency law gave the nursing home immunity from claims related to its COVID-19 response, turning down an appeal of a Ninth Circuit opinion.
October 20, 2022
A California family claiming a nursing home should have done more to prevent the COVID-19 death of their relative says the facility is asserting a circuit split that does not exist in an effort to sway the U.S. Supreme Court to determine a federal health emergency statute preempts their state law negligence claims.
September 01, 2022
A California-based nursing facility wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that a suit over the COVID-19 death of a resident had to play out in state court, arguing that there is a circuit split about the reach of a federal health emergency law invoked during the coronavirus pandemic.