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Hamm v. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. et al
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December 18, 2025
A hospital can't pause a wage suit by nurses while the Fifth Circuit decides if class certification was merited, a Louisiana federal judge ruled, rejecting arguments that the appeals court can also decide on a collective certification order and therefore the entire case should be halted.
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November 19, 2024
Sending a nurses' wage suit to the Fifth Circuit for a decision on decertifying a collective in a post-Swales world wouldn't speed up the case, a Louisiana federal judge ruled in turning down a hospital operator's interlocutory appeal bid.
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October 07, 2024
A hospital operator urged a Louisiana federal court Monday to allow the Fifth Circuit to decide whether a collective of nurses should be disbanded, arguing the appeals court has not yet determined if decertification is permissible when a trial court uses a more rigorous standard to greenlight certification.
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September 09, 2024
A Louisiana federal judge refused to dissolve a collective of nurses in a suit accusing a hospital operator of failing to pay them for meal breaks they could not take due to constant interruptions, saying the company's request is improper at this stage in the litigation.
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April 04, 2024
Nurses who abruptly canceled or gave inconsistent testimony at their depositions must pay the hospital they accused of underpaying them nearly $10,000 in sanctions for their lack of cooperation, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Thursday.
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March 08, 2024
Attorneys representing a collective of nurses accusing a Louisiana hospital of failing to pay them for missed meal breaks should be sanctioned over their clients' multiple canceled or no-show depositions, the hospital told a federal judge.
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January 12, 2024
A hospital operator urged a Louisiana federal judge Friday to break up a collective of nurses in a suit accusing the hospital of failing to pay them for meal breaks they could not take due to constant interruptions, saying they have "dramatically different" claims that were ill-suited for collective treatment.
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May 02, 2023
A group of nurses filed a bad faith bid to compel several staffing companies to file supplemental responses to the nurses' discovery requests in a dispute over meal break pay, the companies told a Louisiana federal court Tuesday, saying the request is an effort to harass them.
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July 14, 2022
A group of nurses secured conditional collective certification in a Louisiana federal suit accusing their employers of failing to pay workers for meal breaks that were continually interrupted due to their work duties.