Federal Judge Finds PREP Act Inapplicable, Remands Nursing Home COVID Case

Mealey's (November 4, 2020, 11:11 AM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A personal representative’s claims that a man’s death from COVID-19 was the result of nursing home negligence do not fall under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, a federal judge in Florida found Oct. 29, remanding her suit to state court (Jessica A. Gunter v. CCRC OPCO-Freedom Square, LLC, et al., No. 20-1546, M.D. Fla., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 201622)....