Legal Opinion
Vignaroli v. Blue Cross of Iowa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 16, 1985No. 83-1445PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
These defendants appeal from an order by the trial court certifying this litigation as a class action and authorizing named plaintiffs to represent a class of former employees of the defendants. See Iowa R.Civ.P. 42.2. Plaintiffs are former data processing employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BC/BS). This litigation arose out of the plaintiffs’ forced transition from employment with BC/BS to Electronic Data Systems Federal Corporation (EDSF). We conclude the court properly certified the ease as a class action and therefore affirm.
In the underlying suit, the plaintiffs…
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