Medical Facility Met Burden Of Showing Jurisdiction Exists Under CAFA, Panel Says

( October 27, 2025, 9:10 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A medical facility named as a defendant in a class action suit brought by a woman who discovered that one of the facility’s doctors installed cameras in the facility’s restrooms met its burden of showing that federal jurisdiction exists under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) because it presented evidence that the doctor, also named as a defendant, is a citizen of a different state, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said in reversing and remanding a district court’s ruling....