9th Circuit Consolidates 3 COVID-19 Nursing Home Appeals For Oral Argument

Mealey's (October 7, 2021, 2:12 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in an Oct. 4 order consolidated for oral argument purposes only three appeals of federal judges’ orders remanding COVID-19-related wrongful death and negligence actions to California state court after finding no federal jurisdiction under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), federal officer jurisdiction or “imbedded question of federal law.”...