Judge Denies Summary Judgment Motions Filed By Kitchen Contractor, Nursing Home

Mealey's (December 16, 2020, 10:18 AM EST) -- DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan on Dec. 14 denied motions for summary judgment filed by the parties in a breach of contract and indemnification lawsuit brought by a nursing home against a kitchen contractor following the 2012 death of a resident who ingested detergent she was able to obtain from a cabinet, finding that the contractor is not barred from raising a laches defense and that triable issues exist on the claims between the parties (Watermark Senior Living Retirement Communities Inc. v. Morrison Management Specialists Inc., No. 17-11886, E.D. Mich., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 234223)....