California Court of Appeal Instructs Trial Court to Re-Examine Its Denial of Class Certification

By Ryan Nell and Jenna Leyton-Jones In Alberts v. Aurora Behavioral Health Care, a group of former employees (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) of two acute care psychiatric hospitals filed a representative action against the operator of the hospitals, Aurora Behavioral Health Care (“Aurora”). Plaintiffs alleged multiple wage and hour claims, focusing on Aurora’s purported denial of meal periods, […]