COVID-19 Test Lab Cannot Sue For Payments From Firm It Agreed Not To Bill

( September 20, 2024, 11:59 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Finding that no reasonable construction of a contract between a testing lab and a skilled nursing facility would impose an obligation on the nursing facility to pay the lab for COVID-19 testing for its employees, an Illinois federal judge granted the nursing facility’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by the lab seeking payment of a bill under an agreement that expressly stated that it would seek insurance information from the nursing facility but not bill it for testing....