7th Circuit Says COVID Death Suit Remand Proper, Advisory Opinions Not Binding

Mealey's (June 17, 2022, 2:32 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 15 affirmed a district court’s remand of a suit filed against a nursing home by the estate administrator of a former resident who died there from COVID-19, finding that the “suit was properly remanded” because the “principal disputes requiring adjudication in this suit are likely to be issues such as whether the nursing home allowed members of the staff to work while ill” and “have nothing to do with any federal statute.”...