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Supreme Court upholds right to sue public nursing homes

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the family of a nursing home resident with dementia over claims that his rights were violated by being given drugs to make him easier to manage. The court declined to use the case to limit the ability of people to sue for civil rights violations under Section 1983 of federal law, which would have affected those in federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
The court upheld the lower court's ruling that allowed the family to sue the government-run facility, rejecting the argument that lawsuits could be prevented under federal nursing home legislation.

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Times of India

US Supreme Court preserves civil rights lawsuits under 19th century law

US Supreme Court: The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the ability of people to sue for civil rights violations under an 1871 law as it rejected a bid to prevent an Indiana nursing home resident's family from suing over his care at a government-run facility. The justices in a 7-2 ruling written by liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson upheld a lower court's ruling that allowed the wife of Gorgi Talevski, a nursing home resident diagnosed…

11 months ago·India

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Reuters

US Supreme Court preserves civil rights lawsuits under 19th century law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the ability of people to sue for civil rights violations under an 1871 law as it rejected a bid to prevent an Indiana nursing home resident's family from suing over his care at a government-run facility.

11 months ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Supreme Court rules for Indiana nursing home patient's family

The Supreme Court has ruled for the family of a nursing home resident with dementia that had sued over his care. The justices declined to use the case to broadly

11 months ago·United States

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abc News

Supreme Court rules for nursing home patient's family, declines to limit civil rights lawsuits

The Supreme Court has ruled for the family of a nursing home resident with dementia that had sued over his care

11 months ago·United States

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CNN

Supreme Court clears way for family of Medicaid recipient to sue state-owned nursing home

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the family of a Medicaid recipient who seeks to file a civil rights lawsuit against a state-owned nursing home, arguing that it violated the rights of their relative who has since died of dementia.

11 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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KRDO

Supreme Court clears way for family of Medicaid recipient to sue state-owned nursing home

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the family of a Medicaid recipient who seeks to file a civil rights lawsuit against a state-owned nursing home, arguing that it violated the rights of their relative who has since died of dementia. The court’s ruling reaffirmed that individuals can bring such civil rights challenges and will come as a relief to those who feared the conservative-leaning co…

11 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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