More Big Law Firms Join Nursing Homes, Hospitals in Fight Over Liability for COVID-19 Deaths | National Law Journal - Law.com
What You Need to Know
- More high-powered attorneys have joined fights over if providers are immune from COVID-19 wrongful death suits.
- Appeals are pending in the D.C., Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh circuits.
More high-powered law firms have joined nursing homes and other health care providers in the fight over whether the facilities, faced with COVID-19 wrongful death lawsuits, have liability protections.
Providers accused of causing deaths through lax COVID-19 provisions say the litigation belongs in federal court and argue they have immunity under the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act. The 2005 act protects certain entities from lawsuits related to the administration or use of “countermeasures,” like drugs, products and devices, during a public health emergency.
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source: https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2021/12/22/more-big-law-firms-join-nursing-homes-hospitals-in-fight-over-liability-for-covid-19-deaths/
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