Remand Denied In Class Suit Accusing Nursing Home Of Poor Care, Inflated Numbers

Mealey's (May 23, 2019, 2:46 PM EDT) -- LEXINGTON, Ky. — A former nursing home resident’s class complaint alleging poor care and misreported staffing numbers will remain in federal court after the lead plaintiff failed to show in her motion to remand that the amount in controversy is less than $5 million or that the lawsuit falls within the Class Action Fairness Act’s local controversy exception, a Kentucky federal judge ruled May 22 (Carrie Johnson, et al. v. BLC Lexington SNF, LLC, No. 19-64, E.D. Ky., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86110)....