Plaintiffs v Baptist Memorial Health Care
Nurse Wage-Fixing Suit Could Gain Traction From Similar Cases
Lawyers representing nurses against Memphis hospitals in an alleged wage-fixing conspiracy have gotten a class action certification for a sister lawsuit they filed in Albany, N.Y., and are also pointing to another ruling in a similar case from Arizona.
Thousands of registered nurses in Memphis could benefit from a class action lawsuit, but hospitals here could lose millions if the suit is successful.
The nurses lawyers recently filed two notices of supplemental authority about the other cases in federal court in Memphis. In the Albany case, a judge approved a class action settlement for nurses who worked for Northeast Health, one of the defendants. In the Arizona case, the judge granted class action certification for per diem or on-call nurses, who work for hospitals on an as-needed basis.
In the Memphis case, lawyers are asking that a suit filed by two nurses also be granted class action status.
In a memorandum in opposition to the class action filing, lawyers for the hospitals said the purpose of this litigation is not recovery for alleged wrongdoing, but instead part of the unionization efforts by the Service Employees International Union.
The law firm of the lead attorney, Daniel A. Small of Washington has filed similar suits against hospitals in Chicago, Detroit, Albany and San Antonio.
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