California Panel Reaffirms Expert’s Exclusion, Judgment For Nursing Home Operators

Mealey's (May 19, 2020, 4:31 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals court panel on May 18 filed a slightly revised opinion after rehearing with the same outcome and now certified for publication, affirming a trial court’s exclusion of an expert opinion on causation and the court’s award of summary judgment to two nursing home operators on elder abuse and wrongful death claims (Diane Lowery v. Kindred Healthcare Operating, Inc., et al., No. A153421, Calif. App., 1st Dist., Div. 4, 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 424)....