Federal Judge Rules On Wrongful Death, Negligence Claims Against Veterans’ Home

Mealey's (October 6, 2022, 1:26 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge denied a veterans’ center and its director’s motion to dismiss a wrongful death claim against them filed by a woman on behalf of her mother, alleging that substandard care at the veterans’ center led to her death, finding that a U.S. Supreme Court case pending oral argument and addressing whether a family member of a nursing home resident can bring a claim against the nursing home for civil rights violations and violations of the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FNHRA) “will be controlling” as to the wrongful death claim....