3rd Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment, Verdict For Nursing Home Defendants

Mealey's (February 24, 2021, 12:53 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania did not err in granting summary judgment to two physicians who contracted with a nursing home to care for its residents, in refusing to issue two jury instructions proposed by the estate of a former resident who asserted civil rights violations or in limiting the testimony of the estate’s expert witness, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 22 in a nonprecedential opinion....