Mealey's (September 13, 2022, 12:56 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The family of a former nursing home resident who died after contracting COVID-19 asks the U.S. Supreme Court in a Sept. 12 letter for a 31-day extension to respond to the nursing home’s petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of 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.”...