7th Circuit Finds FNHRA Confers Private Right Of Action, Reverses Dismissal

(August 4, 2021, 9:30 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FNHRA) confers a private right of action to nursing home residents, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled July 27, reversing a lower court’s dismissal of a resident’s claims that a facility, its owner and the company that manages and operates it violated his civil rights and remanding for further proceedings....