Class Complaint Alleging Understaffing In Nursing Homes Remanded To Arkansas Court

(September 3, 2020, 10:24 AM EDT) -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A class complaint alleging that 14 nursing homes were insufficiently staffed does not meet the minimum diversity requirements of the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) and involves no federal causes of action, a federal judge in Arkansas found Aug. 28, granting the plaintiffs' motion to remand the suit to state court (Katherine Jones Mitchell, et al. v. Reliance Healthcare Inc., et al., No. 19-370, E.D. Ark., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156478)....