Nevada High Court Says Care Home Failed To Show Claims Sound In Negligence

Mealey's (November 1, 2022, 1:26 PM EDT) -- CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Supreme Court reversed and remanded a lower court decision dismissing an elder abuse, negligence and wrongful death suit against a nursing home filed by the heir of a woman allegedly injured at the home, finding that the lower court improperly dismissed the suit for the heir’s failure to file an affidavit of merit as statutorily required for a professional negligence claim because the nursing home failed to show that the complaint sounded in professional negligence....