6th Circuit Allows Intervention For Appealing Class Certification Ruling

(February 18, 2016, 8:57 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — The timeliness of an intervention by an unnamed class member who is seeking to appeal a denial of class certification is based on whether the motion was made within a reasonable time after the intervenor should have known the named class representative was not filing an appeal, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 10, reversing a trial court’s decision (Suzanne C. Clark, et al. v. Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corporation, et al., No. 14-5906, 6th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 2500)....