Residents’ Class Claims Against Assisted Living Center Trimmed

A proposed class of assisted living center residents received a setback in a lawsuit alleging the operator failed to live up to its contractual promises, as it didn’t show that common questions of law and fact took precedence over individual issues, a federal court in North Carolina said.

Individualized issues about their injuries outweighed common questions presented in a complaint filed by representatives of two late residents against Franklin Manor Assisted Living Center, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina said.

Representatives of Bernice Pfohl and Jeanne Bartels sued Franklin Manor, parent company Saber Healthcare Group ...