Judge Remands Nursing Home COVID-19 Death Suit, Finds PREP Act Doesn’t Apply

(March 10, 2021, 8:21 AM EST) -- TOPEKA, Kan. — A federal judge in Kansas on Feb. 26 granted a plaintiff’s motion to remand a nursing home COVID-19 wrongful death case to state court, finding that there is no federal jurisdiction because the claims do not fall under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act as the defendants had claimed....