Wis. High Court Asked To Dismiss Wrongful Death Claim Against Residential Facility

Mealey's (July 23, 2021, 7:39 AM EDT) -- MADISON, Wis. — The “distinction between nursing home and CBRF [community-based residential facility] is without a difference as it pertains to Chapter 655” of the Wisconsin Statutes, a corporation that operates both types of facilities and a hospital on the same campus tells the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a July 14 brief urging reversal of an appellate court decision overturning the dismissal of a wrongful death claim against the CBRF because it is not a health care provider....