4th Circuit Vacates Forum-Selection Clause Ruling In Nursing Care Class Suit

Mealey's (August 14, 2019, 8:48 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A district court erred when it failed to follow an appellate panel’s instructions to treat the enforceability of a forum-selection clause at issue in a class suit accusing a nursing home of mistreatment as an affirmative defense to removal, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 12 in an unpublished opinion (Joseph J. Pfohl, et al. v. Saber Healthcare Group, LLC, et al., No. 18-2335, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 23952)....