Nursing Home Seeks Full Professional Liability Limits For ‘Killer Nurse’ Suits

( February 6, 2026, 9:26 AM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — A nursing home insured sued its insurer in a Pennsylvania federal court seeking a declaration that its full professional liability coverage is owed for underlying lawsuits arising from the alleged murder of six patients by a nursing home employee who pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and 19 counts of criminal attempt to commit murder, arguing that the insurer unreasonably determined that the underlying actions constitute Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) claims, which reduces the available coverage from $1 million per claim and $3 million in the aggregate to $500,000 per claim and $1.5 million in the aggregate....