A federal judge in Pennsylvania has rejected a behavioral health facility’s motion to dismiss a putative class action over reported abuse throughout its facilities.

In a Jan. 12 opinion, U.S. District Judge Anita Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania rejected an argument by the Devereux Foundation and its staffing subsidiary QualityHealth Staffing that the plaintiffs’ alleged injuries were not “actual or imminent” but rather ”conjectural or hypothetical.”

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