Nursing Facility Operators Settle Understaffing Class Claims For Up To $12M

Mealey's (April 23, 2020, 9:15 AM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge in California on March 30 granted final approval of a class settlement that includes staffing requirements and payments of up to $12 million to be paid by the operators of skilled nursing facilities accused of violating California laws by failing to have adequate numbers of nursing staff at their facilities and by misrepresenting their staffing (Thomas Harold Macrae, et al. v. HCR Manor Care Services, et al., No. 14-715, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62308)....