California Federal Judge Remands Nursing Home COVID Death Case Removed Under PREP

Mealey's (March 24, 2021, 11:38 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on March 19 found that a nursing home failed to establish that the court could exercise subject matter jurisdiction over claims related to the COVID-19-related death of a resident under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act or the federal officer removal statute, granting the plaintiffs’ motion to remand the case to state court....