11th Circuit Panel: CAFA Is Inapplicable In Med-Mal Lawsuit

Mealey's (July 17, 2019, 8:21 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A federal court in Georgia properly found that it lacked jurisdiction over a family’s medical malpractice pro se lawsuit as the parties are not diverse and the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) is inapplicable, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 10 in a per curiam opinion (Christopher Lawrence, et al. v. University Hospital, et al., No. 18-12788, 11th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 20402)....