Split 4th Circuit Remands Nursing Home Class Suit For Forum-Selection Proceedings

(January 25, 2018, 12:39 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A split Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 23 vacated a trial court’s ruling that a class suit over alleged breach of contract by a North Carolina nursing home belongs in state court due a forum-selection clause in residents’ contracts and remanded for further factual development on the question of whether all of the defendants are bound by the clause (Jeanne T. Bartels, et al. v. Saber Healthcare Group, LLC, et al., Nos. 16-2247 and 16-2416, 4th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 1565)....

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