Judge Agrees To Partial Seal In Class Suit Over States’ Understaffed Nursing Homes

(April 2, 2024, 1:56 PM EDT) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee federal judge granted in part plaintiffs’ motion to conditionally file under seal in a consolidated putative class action against nursing home facilities claiming that understaffing resulted in residents receiving inadequate services, finding that specified exhibits with residents’ personally identifying information must be sealed but that plaintiffs must file a version of the class certification memo “redacting only the personally identifiable information” of residents’ family members....