Kansas Federal Judge Remands Nursing Home COVID Case, Says PREP Act Doesn’t Apply

Mealey's (April 7, 2021, 9:28 AM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act does not apply to claims arising from the COVID-19-related death of a skilled nursing facility resident because the facility’s alleged inactions were not causally connected to the use of limited covered countermeasures, a Kansas federal judge ruled March 30, remanding the case to a state court for lack of federal jurisdiction....

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