Panel Reverses Ruling For Nursing Facility, Holds Estate Showed Causation

Mealey's (January 10, 2019, 1:07 PM EST) -- BOSTON — After holding that an estate showed a causal connection between a rehabilitation center’s negligence and a resident’s death from Clostridium Difficile (C. Diff.), a Massachusetts appeals court panel on Jan. 7 reversed a ruling dismissing the estate’s lawsuit and remanded the case for further proceedings (Eileen Moalli, et al. v. Genesis Healthcare, LLC, No. 18-P-400, Mass. App., 2019 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 16)....