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Gavin de Becker, et al. v. UHS of Delaware, Inc., dba Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Nevada, No. 85968 · judgment September 19, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 13, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Does the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. §§ 247d-6d, 247d6e (the “PREP Act”), immunize medical providers from liability for acts and omissions that do not involve “a “covered countermeasure” under the PREP Act?

  2. Does administering a “covered countermeasure” at some point during treatment automatically immunize a medical provider against liability for unrelated acts and omissions? (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Scott James Street
JW Howard Attorneys, Ltd.

For respondent
Hugh C. Griffin
Hall Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 13 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 24 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
  3. Dec 19 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent UHS of Delaware, Inc. to respond filed.
  4. Dec 10 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 13, 2025)