The following blog entry is written to illustrate a common motion filed during civil litigation. Reviewing this kind of filing should help potential plaintiffs and clients better understand how parties in personal injury cases present such issues to the court.
(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this elder abuse lawsuit and its proceedings.)
PLAINTIFFS’ TRIAL BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS
This class-action lawsuit concerns chronic understaffing at twenty-two California skilled nursing facilities operated by ABC Healthcare, LLC and its parent company, ABC Healthcare Group, Inc (hereinafter “ABC”). Plaintiffs are current and former residents of ABC’s nursing homes (Resident Class) and family members that paid money to place residents at those facilities (Family Member Class). Several of these facilities are located in Sacramento.
Plaintiffs allege that ABC failed to meet California’s minimum staffing requirements and concealed from the consuming public the fact that its facilities were understaffed. These and related allegations support plaintiffs’ four causes of action based on violations of: (1) Health and Safety Code section 1430(b); (2) the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA); (3) unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent business practices under California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 17200 et seq.); and (4) California’s False Advertising Law (FAL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 17500 et seq.).
For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.
The Class Period runs from September 1, 2004 through April 1, 2010. (See Part 2 of 7.)
For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.