( October 16, 2023, 11:52 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 16 denied a nursing home’s petition for certiorari seeking to reverse a remand to state court of an elder abuse and negligence suit against it for complications allegedly related to a resident contracting COVID-19 on grounds that the state law negligence claims are preempted by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act....