2nd Circuit: Panel To Decide Nursing Home Dismissal Motion Of COVID Death Appeal

Mealey's (April 27, 2022, 9:48 AM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 12 lifted the stay of an appeal pending a son’s reinstatement of a state court wrongful death suit against a nursing home where his father contracted COVID-19 and died after the son filed a new state court suit instead of reinstating, ruling that the nursing home’s April 11 motion to dismiss will be heard by a three-judge panel....