Care Home Seeks High Court Review Of PREP Act Preemption In COVID Death Suit

Mealey's (September 6, 2022, 1:21 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A nursing home accused of wrongful death by the family of a man who died there after contracting COVID-19 asks the U.S. Supreme Court in an Aug. 29 petition for a writ of certiorari to decide whether the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act completely preempts claims under state law for the use of a “covered countermeasure, such that the claims may be removed to federal court.”...