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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.