Panel Vacates Order Dismissing Nursing Home Act Claims In Row With LTC Facility

(February 13, 2024, 2:12 PM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey appellate court on Feb. 12 vacated a lower court’s dismissal of claims related to violations of the New Jersey Nursing Home Responsibilities and Residents’ Rights Act (NHA) in an estate’s wrongful death and negligence suit against a long-term care (LTC) facility after a former resident died, finding that additional discovery is needed to determine whether the facility “falls within the definition of the NHA.”...