RELIANCE HEALTH CARE, INC. v. MITCHELL

No. CV-23-95.

2023 Ark. 165

RELIANCE HEALTH CARE, INC.; OVATION HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.; RHC OPERATIONS, INC.; EAGLE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.; GNNC, INC., D/B/A GOSNELL THERAPY AND LIVING; SRCNC, INC., D/B/A THE, CROSSING AT RIVERSIDE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION; BVNC, INC., D/B/A MOUNTAIN MEADOWS HEALTH AND REHABILITATION; SLNC, INC., D/B/A SOUTHFORK RIVER THERAPY AND LIVING; NASHVILLE NURSING AND REHAB, INC.; BEEBE RETIREMENT CENTER, INC.; WCNC, INC., D/B/A KATHERINE'S PLACE AT WEDINGTON; GVNC, INC., D/B/A GASSVILLE THERAPY AND LIVING; MHCNC, INC., D/B/A CARE MANOR NURSING AND REHAB; MHHNC, INC., D/B/A HIRAM SHADDOX GERIATRIC HEALTH AND REHAB; NWA NURSING CENTER, LLC, D/B/A THE MAPLES AT HAR-BER MEADOWS; FPNC, INC., D/B/A TWIN LAKES THERAPY AND LIVING; TXKNC, INC., D/B/A BAILEY CREEK HEALTH AND REHAB; WESTWOOD HEALTH AND REHAB, INC.; BRYAN M. ADAMS; ANTHONY BRANDON ADAMS; JOHN ELLIS; GENA TURNER; AMY ROLLINS; AND ANDREA NEIL, Appellants, v. KATHERINE JONES MITCHELL, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN L. MITCHELL, DECEASED; BARBARA ANN PHILLIPS, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA JEAN CROWE, DECEASED; MICHAEL ASKUE, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DEBRA IRENE WATKINS, DECEASED; MARTHA GRAY DONNELL; JESSIE MARIE MELTON, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF VERNIE MARIE GRAVELINE, DECEASED; DALE FOUNTAIN, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LAURA FOUNTAIN, DECEASED; MIKE MIMS, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MARY MIMS, DECEASED; BETTY SUE BRADFORD; KRISTIN MCCUISTION; BILLY RAY BREWER; LOIS HENLEY; HEATHER STATON; PEGGY HOWERTON, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF MELVIN HOWERTON, DECEASED; TAMMIE SKAGGS, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN SAN MIGEL, DECEASED; MARY MOLITOR, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF WILLARD MOLITOR, DECEASED; STEVE HARRELSON, AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HARVEY "CURTIS" JONES; JANA DAWN SMITH, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD KEITH SMITH, DECEASED; AND ANDY WIGGS, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF HAROLD LEE WIGGS, DECEASED, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: November 16, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP, by: Judy Simmons Henry , Gary D. Marts, Jr. , and Michael A. Thompson , for appellants.

Campbell Law Firm, P.A. by: H. Gregory Campbell ; Reid, Burge, Prevallett & Coleman, by: Robert Coleman ; Marks, Balette, Giessel & Young, PLLC, by: David Marks and Jacques Balette ; and Robert H. Edwards , for appellees.


This is an interlocutory appeal of the Mississippi County Circuit Court's order certifying a class action. Because a majority of this court has granted a writ of certiorari in Reliance Health Care, Inc. v. Mitchell, No. CV-23-290, vacating the class-certification order because it was entered before an order...

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