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The News Bot
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Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:15 pm |
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In a landmark opinion that recognizes a new category of lawsuits, the 3rd Circuit has ruled that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments give residents of county-run nursing homes the right to bring civil rights claims under Section 1983 to challenge the quality of their treatment. The ruling revives a suit brought by the estate of an 80-year-old mother of eight who died in a nursing home as ...
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