11th Circuit Upholds Stay Of Class Suit To Recover Special Needs Trusts’ Funds

( September 1, 2026, 3:16 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A putative class complaint seeking to recover more than $100 million loaned out from pooled special needs trust funds must be stayed during bankruptcy proceedings involving the funds’ trustee as the class claims are intertwined with the bankruptcy court claims even though the trustee is not named as a defendant in the class suit, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in an unpublished per curiam opinion....