Beverly Enterprises - Arkansas, Inc. v. Thomas

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order granting a motion to certify the underlying class as a class action. We affirm the class certification.

On September 13, 2005, Annette Thomas, as permanent guardian of the estate of Helen Cook, an incapacitated person, and all others similarly situated, filed a Second Amended Complaint 1 in the Independence County Circuit Court against Beverly Enterprises, Inc.; Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services, Inc.; and Beverly Enterprises - Arkansas, Inc., d/b/a Batesville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (“Beverly”). The complaint alleged…