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Senior Living Communities, Liability for COVID-19 Countermeasures, and the PREP Act: Is the Tide Turning for Providers? Monday, March 8, 2021 In a February 10, 2021 ruling (the “Garcia Ruling”) out of the CDCA Court for the Central District of California (the “CDCA Court”) in the case of  ., 20-02250JVS (C.D. Ca. Feb. 10, 2021), the CDCA Court held that the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (42 U.S.C. § 247d–6d) (the “PREP Act”) provides senior living facilities with an exemption from civil liability for actions taken by such facilities to protect faci...

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently added government contractors to the list of entities eligible for immunity from liability under the Secretary’s March 17, 2020, Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (“PREP Act”) declaration.  The PREP Act protects individuals and companies from liability for death or other tort-like harm in connection with the pandemic response, except for cases involving “willful misconduct.”  Under the recent amendment, government contractors acting with authorization f...

Friday, January 29, 2021 On January 28, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Fifth Amendment to HHS’s Declaration under the Public Health Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) that provides liability immunity to certain individuals and entities arising from the manufacturing, distribution, administration or use of medical countermeasures (e.g., therapeutics and vaccines) against COVID-19. According to HHS, the new Secretary of HHS “has determined that there is an urgent need to expand the pool of available COVID-19 vaccinators in order...

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International climate change summit. the president obama administration back here at home is uncenter fire for strategy against the islamic state strategies. iraq's foreign minister now ace world leaders have underestimated terror groups in general. who will stop at nothing to further their bloody campaigns. >>. >> translator: the world took too long to rep act in 2004. 11 years ago i said terrorism has no religion and no country. those people do not wish to see any country or any family living in piece. >> the fox news political insiders are here to chime in while you're watching. join the ...