PRUELL v. CHRISTI

No. 10-2262.

645 F.3d 81 (2011)

Ashleigh PRUELL, on behalf of herself and all other employees similarly situated; Amy Gordon, on behalf of herself and all other employees similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CARITAS CHRISTI; Caritas Christi Network Services; Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Inc.; Caritas Norwood Hospital, Inc.; Caritas Southwood Hospital, Inc.; Caritas St. John of God Hospital, Inc.; Saint Anne's Hospital Corporation; Ralph De La Torre, M.D.; Richard Kropp; Caritas Carney Hospital, Inc.; Caritas Holy Family Hospital, Inc.; Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 14, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Solomon with whom Peter J. Glennon , Guy A. Talia , Thomas & Solomon LLP and Dwyer & Collora, LLP were on brief for appellants.

Richard L. Alfred with whom Barry J. Miller , Jessica M. Schauer , Sarah N. Turner and Seyfarth Shaw LLP were on brief for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

In September 2009, Ashleigh Pruell and Amy Gordon filed this putative class action in Massachusetts Superior Court against named hospitals in the Caritas Christi hospital network and two of its senior executives (collectively, "Caritas"). Pruell and Gordon, employees of Caritas, purport to represent a class of over 12,000 Caritas hospital employees and claim that they and other class members were deprived of compensation for work performed during...

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