Civil Rights

Appeals court rules that nursing homes can be sued for private civil rights violations

July 07, 2009

A federal law related to the oversight and inspection of nursing homes creates a legal pathway for private civil rights lawsuits to be filed against nursing homes in cases of alleged wrongful death, a federal appeals court recently decided.
 
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