Mealey's (September 15, 2022, 2:51 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Sept. 14 amicus curiae brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a nursing home’s petition for writ of certiorari, the Atlantic Legal Foundation (ALF) argues that removing to federal courts COVID-19 wrongful death and personal injury suits implicating immunity for health care workers and facilities under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act is essential to prevent health care workers from being “deterred from volunteering for essential, frontline duty during public health emergencies” if they are at risk for liability in state courts....