5th Circuit Affirms Remand Of Nursing Home COVID Death Suit To State Court

Mealey's (July 11, 2022, 11:26 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 7 affirmed the remand to state court of a wrongful death suit filed against a nursing home by the family of a woman who died there from COVID-19, finding that there are no claims for willful misconduct under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act and no longer “any federal claims, but only negligence claims under Louisiana law.”...