Legal Opinion
Van West v. Midland National Life Insurance
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided March 19, 2001No. CA 98-076-TPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TORRES, Chief Judge.
James Van West brought this action alleging that Midland National Life Insurance Company (“Midland”) made false representations that induced him to purchase one of Midland’s “vanishing premium” life insurance policies.
Van West has moved, pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3), to certify the case as a class action. That motion is denied, primarily, because the questions common to members of the proposed class do not predominate over the questions affecting only its individual members.
Background
The allegations in the complaint essentially are as follows.…
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