3rd Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Suit Against County-Run Nursing Home

Mealey's (March 19, 2021, 1:51 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — The son of a nursing home resident who died after a fall has not pleaded facts to indicate that the county that owns the facility had a history of providing inadequate care to residents after a fall or deliberately disregarded residents rights under the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FNHRA), a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 18, affirming a lower court’s order dismissing his complaint....