( March 6, 2026, 8:29 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Survivors of nursing home residents who died of COVID-19 after a state directive prevented nursing homes from denying admission to patients having or suspected of having COVID-19 petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for review of a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruling affirming the judgment of a New York federal court that found that New York state officials had qualified immunity from claims stemming from the deaths....