Independence Hill Conservancy District v. Sterley

OPINION

STATON, Judge.

Independence Hill Conservancy District, James Beshears, Marcelle Hepburn, Matt Smederovac, Lucille Parker, Joe Shudick, Jr., and Fred Perry (collectively “Independence Hill”) appeal the trial court’s certification of this cause as a class action. It presents three issues for our review which we restate as follows:

I. Whether the trial court erred in certifying this cause as a class action.

II. Whether the trial court erred in allowing class members to elect to be excluded from the class.

III. Whether the trial court erred by failing to order the class to bear the costs of…