Judge: No Federal Jurisdiction Shown In COVID-19 Death Suit Against Nursing Home

Mealey's (September 11, 2020, 1:37 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — The removal of a COVID-19 wrongful death and negligence suit by the defendant nursing home, its owner and a doctor pursuant to the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) fails as no claims were brought under that act, a federal judge in California ruled Sept. 10, adding that removal was also not justified by federal officer jurisdiction and that there was no showing of an "imbedded question of federal law" (Emma Martin, et al. v. Serrano Post Acute LLC, et al., No. 20-5937, C.D. Calif.)....