Class Actions Brief Blog

Not every class action court filing in North and South Carolina becomes a full-length post on our blog. Here is a recap of October's filings:

Ringel v. Care Improvement Plus Group Management, LLC, No. 7:14-cv-04232 (D.S.C. Oct. 30, 2014) (alleging breach of contract against health care administrator on behalf of class of medical providers who had reimbursements for treating Medicare Advantage Plan recipients erroneously coded as services at skilled nursing facilities instead of services at medical practitioner’s office).

Jones v. Dancel, No. 14-2160 (4th Cir. Oct. 28, 2014)

In a previous post, we reported on Judge Jolly’s certification of a class of tobacco farmers suing a tobacco marketing cooperative in a Rule 2.1 case. The defendants have since appealed Judge Jolly’s decision to the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

On October 10, the North Carolina Supreme Court took the unusual step of certifying the case for review decision by the Court of Appeals. In fact, the case was not even fully briefed in the Court of Appeals. The case was part of a group of civil cases that the Supreme Court took from the Court of Appeals, as reported by the Raleigh News & ...

Not every class action court filing in North and South Carolina becomes a full-length post on our blog. Here is a recap of September's filings:

CFRE, LLC v. Adkins, No. 8:14-cv-03825 (D.S.C. Sept. 30, 2014) (alleging due process and other constitutional violations for unlawful property assessments in 2010; purported class includes all owners of Greenville County property during the 2010 assessment).

Berry v. Schulman, No. 14-2006 (4th Cir. Sept. 24, 2014) (notice of appeal by interested party Adam Schulman of the order and memorandum opinion approving a 200 million member ...