KELLEY v. RICHFORD HEALTH CENTER, INC.

Docket No. 23-344-cv August Term, 2023.

115 F.4th 132 (2024)

Bruce KELLEY, Nancy Kelley, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RICHFORD HEALTH CENTER, INC. d/b/a Northern Tier Center for Health, Defendant-Appellant, Teig Marco, M.D., Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellant, Franklin County Rehabilitation Center, Franklin County Rehabilitation & Adult Care Center, Kristy Jankowski, R.N., Marion Perry, R.N., Kyla Apley, L.N.A., Defendants-Appellees, Franklin County Rehab Center, LLC, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee, The University of Vermont Medical Center, Inc., Stephen Ranney, M.D., Andrew Stanley, M.D., Defendants, United States of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 20, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Sidney Freedus (Rosie Dawn Griffin, on the brief), Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellants.

Vincent Illuzzi, Orleans, VT, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Kaveh Shahi, Cleary Shahi & Aicher, P.C., Rutland, VT, for Defendants-Appellees and Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee.

Dana Kaersvang, United States Department of Justice (Mark B. Stern, Brian M. Boynton, United States Department of Justice; Carla B. Freedman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York; Samuel R. Bagenstos, Michael I. Goulding, Meredith Torres, United States Department of Health and Human Services, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Appellee.

Before: CALABRESI, CABRANES, and LOHIER, Circuit Judges.


Bruce Kelley ("Kelley") and his spouse, Nancy Kelley, filed this medical malpractice suit in Vermont state court after Kelley was paralyzed from the waist down while residing in the Franklin County Rehabilitation Center ("FCRC" or the "Rehabilitation Center"), a skilled nursing facility. The Kelleys blame the injury on Dr...

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