Amicus Brief: AHA, Others File Amicus Brief in 7th Circuit Case on PREP Act Immunity

January 31, 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT 

ANITA MARTIN, as Independent Administrator
of the Estate of Marlene Hill, deceased,

                                                                                    Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

PETERSEN HEALTH OPERATIONS, LLC,
an Illinois Limited Liability Corporation doing business as
BLOOMINGTON REHABILITATION & HEALTH CARE CENTER,

                                                             Defendant-Appellant.
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On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of Illinois, No. 1:20-cv-01449-JBM-JEH
The Honorable Joe Billy McDade, District Court Judge
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BRIEF FOR AMICI CURIAE THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, AND ILLINOIS STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY IN
SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
________________

Tara S. Morrissey
Tyler S. Badgley
U.S. CHAMBER
LITIGATION CENTER
1615 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20062

Counsel for the Chamber of
Commerce of the United
States of America



 

Jeffrey S. Bucholtz
Counsel of Record
Alexander Kazam
KING & SPALDING LLP
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 737-0500
jbucholtz@kslaw.com

Counsel for the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States
of America and American
Hospital Association


Leonard A. Nelson
AMERICAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION
Office of General Counsel
330 N. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

Counsel for American
Medical Association and Illinois
State Medical Society

 

Geoffrey M. Drake
KING & SPALDING LLP
1180 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
(404) 572-4600
gdrake@kslaw.com

Counsel for the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States
of America and American
Hospital Association

Chad Golder
AMERICAN HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATION
800 10th Street NW
Two CityCenter, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20001

Counsel for American
Hospital Association