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Vinnie Lavender et al. v. Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. et al,
Humboldt County Superior Court, Case No. DR060264
The Lawsuit alleged that the Facility Defendants failed to (1) meet the State of California's minimum staffing requirements, and (2) employ an adequate number of qualified employees to carry out all facility functions at the skilled nursing facilities operated by Facility Defendants during the Class Period. Defendants deny these allegations.
The Class Period runs from September 1, 2003 through and including September 7, 2010, for all Facilities except the St. Luke Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, LLC, as to which the Class Period runs from December 15, 2003 through and including September 7, 2010.
The persons on whose behalf the Lawsuit has been brought contain the following classes and subclass:
Facility Residents Class, consisting of all persons who resided at one or more skilled nursing facilities operated by Facility Defendants during the Class Period, including a subclass of residents who made private payments to Defendants; and (2) Family Member Class, consisting of all persons who are related to any Facility Resident Class Member by blood, marriage or legal relationship and paid monies to any Defendant, for services rendered to a Facility Resident Class Member at a Facility during the Class Period.
Below is a list of the Defendants included in this Lawsuit.
Alexandria Care Center, LLC, Alta Care Center, LLC, Anaheim Terrace Care Center, LLC, Bay Crest Care Center, LLC, Brier Oak On Sunset, LLC, Carehouse Healthcare Center, LLC, Devonshire Care Center, LLC, Elmcrest Care Center, LLC, Eureka Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, LLC, Granada Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, LLC, Hancock Park Rehabilitation Center, LLC, Montebello Care Center, LLC, Pacific Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, LLC, Royalwood Care Center, LLC, Seaview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, LLC, Sharon Care Center, LLC, St. Luke Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, LLC, Sycamore Park Care Center, LLC, The Earlwood, LLC, Valley Healthcare Center, LLC, Villa Maria Healthcare Center, LLC, and Willow Creek Healthcare Center, LLC (the foregoing are referred to herein as the "Facility Defendants"), along with Non-Facility Defendants Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., and Skilled Healthcare LLC (together with the Facility Defendants, the "Defendants").
IMPORTANT DATES
| Preliminary Approval of Settlement |
September 10, 2010 |
| Deadline to File a Claim |
January 6, 2011 |
| Deadline to Exclude yourself |
November 8, 2010 |
| Deadline to Object to the Settlement |
October 28, 2010 |
| Final Approval Hearing |
November 30, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. |
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