Medicaid recipient's family can sue state-owned nursing home, rules Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a family of a Medicaid recipient who seeks to file a civil rights lawsuit against a state-owned nursing home, arguing that it violated the rights of their relative who has since died of dementia. The ruling reaffirmed that individuals can bring such civil rights challenges against state-owned facilities that accept federal funds and will come as a relief to those who feared the court was poised to overturn precedent and say that such facilities are immune from such lawsuits.