Nursing Home Seeks Rehearing Of 9th Circuit Ruling In COVID Nursing Home Death Suit

Mealey's (March 24, 2022, 3:01 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ Feb. 22 decision affirming that a wrongful death suit filed by the family of a man who died in a nursing home after contracting COVID-19 belongs in California state court conflicts with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila, the nursing home and its owners and operator say in a March 22 petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc....