Detroit Nurse Wages

You have reached the website for Cason-Merenda et al v. Detroit Medical Center et al. Case No. 06-15601 (E.D. Mich). This website will notify you of the procedures to be followed by members of three certified settlement classes as ordered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (“the Court”). A hearing on the settlements discussed below has been scheduled for Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Room 733, 231 West Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48226. The Settlements. On March 16, 2010 Chief Judge Gerald E. Rosen of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted preliminary approval to settlements reached with three of the defendants in the case Cason-Merenda et al v. Detroit Medical Center et al. This case alleges a conspiracy to suppress nurse compensation among eight Detroit area hospitals and is described in more detail in the Complaint attached below. The settling parties are St. John Health, Oakwood Healthcare Inc., and Bon Secours Cottage Health Services. Copies of the following documents are available through this website: Full Class Notice (contains a more detailed description of your options and the procedures for exercising those options): Legal Notice of Class Action Settlements   The three Settlement Agreements for which the Court has granted preliminary approval:   St. John St. John Settlement Agreement   Bon Secours Bon Secours Settlement Agreement   Oakwood Oakwood Settlement Agreement   Order Granting Preliminary Approval of these Settlements and Authorizing the Dissemination of Notice : Order Granting Preliminary Approval The Court’s order includes certain deadlines that are of importance to all members of these settlement classes. In particular: If you wish to opt out of any or all of these settlements, you must send a letter stating your desire not to participate in these settlements by mail, postmarked no later than June 24, 2010. This letter should be addressed to: Detroit Nurses Antitrust Action: St. John Health, Bon Secours and Oakwood Class Settlements c/o Rust Consulting, Inc. P.O. Box 1397 Minneapolis, MN 55440-1397 If you wish to object to any or all of these settlements, you must send your written objection to the counsel listed below, as well as filing your objection with the Court (at the address below) so as to be received no later than August 13, 2010.   You may, but are not required to, hire your own lawyer to represent you at the final hearing at your own expense. If you wish to speak at the hearing, you (or your lawyer) must file a “Notice of Intention to Appear at Final Fairness Hearing in Cason-Merenda, et al. v. Detroit Medical Center et al., Class Settlement, Case No. 06-15601” with the Court (at the address below) and send a copy to the counsel listed below at least ten business days before the Final Fairness Hearing (August 19, 2010).   Judge Rosen has scheduled the hearing on the final approval of these three settlements for Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Room 733, 231 West Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48226. You may, but are not required to, attend this hearing. Notices of objections (but not opt-out notices) should be filed with the Court at: Clerk of the Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Clerk’s Office Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse 231 W. Lafayette Blvd., Room 564 Detroit, MI 48226 and sent to the appropriate attorneys at: Plaintiffs’ Class Counsel: Mark A. Griffin KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-3052 Counsel for Defendant Oakwood Healthcare, Inc.: Howard B. Iwrey DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC 39577 Woodward Avenue, Suite 300 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 Counsel for Defendant Bon Secours Shari Ross Lahlou CROWELL & MORNING LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 2004 Counsel for Defendant St John Health Michael Shumaker JONES DAY 51 Louisiana Ave. NW Washington D.C. 2001 Class Counsel can be contacted at: Mark A. Griffin KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-3052 (800) 231-5970 or via: http://www.krclassaction.com/ The Litigation. The class action litigation was filed on December 15, 2006 against six defendants (Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health System, Mount Clemens General Hospital, Inc., St. John Health, Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., and Bon Secours Cottage Health Services). The complaint was subsequently amended to include two additional defendants (William Beaumont Hospital, and Trinity Health Corp.) on June 15, 2007. A copy of the Third Corrected Class Action Complaint in this matter, setting forth the conduct that Plaintiffs allege has resulted in suppressed nurse compensation being paid by the Defendant hospitals as a result of conduct that violates the antitrust laws can be found here: Third Corrected Class Action Complaint