Law360, New York (August 13, 2010, 4:57 PM ET) -- The American Antitrust Institute has urged a federal appeals court to overturn a judge's denial of class certification to a group of patients alleging Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corp.'s hospitals abused their monopoly power after a 2000 merger.
In an amicus curiae brief filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the AAI said a lower court applied an incorrect standard when it rejected class certification on the ground that the plaintiffs couldn't show common evidence of injury to every member of the...
AAI Pushes For Class Cert. In Hospital Merger Suit
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