Farmers Ins. Co., Inc. v. Snowden

Betty C. Dickey, Justice.

Appellant, Farmers Insurance Company, Inc. (“Farmers”), appeals an order of the Faulkner County Circuit Court, approving class certification for appellee, Harry Snowden, and appointing Snowden as the class representative. Farmers alleges that (1) the trial court had no jurisdiction over this case, (2) the class-certification order is not the product of the trial court’s independent judgment, and (3) the class certification was improper because individualized inquiries for every class member are necessary to determine the existence of injury and amount of damages. We…