Cason-Merenda v. VHS of Michigan, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

GERALD E. ROSEN, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this federal antitrust suit, the Plaintiff registered nurses (“RNs”), Pat Cason-Mer-enda and Jeffrey A. Suhre, seek to recover on behalf of themselves and a class of RNs against eight Detroit-area hospitals, alleging in their two-count Third Corrected Class Action Complaint that the Defendant health care providers have violated § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, by (i) conspiring among themselves and with other local hospi-tais to hold down the wages of RNs employed by…