Cason-Merenda v. Detroit Medical Center

OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

GERALD E. ROSEN, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this case, the Plaintiff registered nurses (“RNs”), Pat Cason-Merenda and Jeffrey A. Suhre, seek to recover on behalf of themselves and a class of RNs against eight Detroit-area hospitals, alleging that the Defendant health care providers have violated § 1 of the federal Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, by (i) conspiring among themselves and with other local hospitals to hold down the wages of RNs employed by these institutions, and (ii) exchanging compensation-related information…