Oklahoma Panel Vacates Class Certification Over Agency’s Liens For Elder Care

(April 18, 2018, 12:50 PM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — A trial court judge in Oklahoma erred when certifying a subclass for residents who received in-patient nursing home care and whose homesteads were subject to liens imposed by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) because the subclass lacked adequate representation and a sufficient number of class members, a state appeals panel ruled April 11 in vacating a ruling granting class certification (Joan Ellen Morehead, et al. v. Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Health Care Authority, No. 115711, Okla. App., 3rd Div., 2017 Okla. Civ. App. LEXIS 67)....