3rd Circ. Keeps COVID Death Suits Out Of Federal Court

By Bill Wichert ( October 20, 2021, 11:17 AM EDT) -- The Third Circuit said Wednesday in a precedential opinion that suits over COVID-19 deaths at New Jersey nursing homes must play out in state court, rejecting the nursing homes' bid to stay in federal court under the so-called federal officer removal statute and on the grounds that the claims are preempted by the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act....

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