Mealey's (February 22, 2021, 2:30 PM EST) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — A putative class of residents on Feb. 18 filed a brief in New York federal court contending that the report of their now-deceased medical expert is valid for deciding whether to certify the class and that the defendants who oppose the report on grounds that they did not get a chance to depose the doctor prior to his death lack a “rational basis” for their opposition....