Mealey's (March 17, 2021, 12:54 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A putative class of nursing home residents did not produce sufficient evidence to establish that the required percentage of the class are citizens of Florida to qualify for the local controversy or the discretionary exceptions to the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 12, reversing a district court’s remand to state court of their claims that the facilities improperly obtained their licenses....