6th Circuit Refuses To Dismiss Appeal Of Nursing Home COVID Death Remand Ruling

Mealey's (April 7, 2022, 7:14 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in BP P.L.C. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore that identifying 28 U.S. Code Section 1442 as a ground for removal renders a lower court’s remand order reviewable on appeal, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 25 refused to dismiss an appeal of a district court’s order remanding to state court a COVID-19-related negligence and wrongful death case against the owners, operators and managers of a nursing home....