State ex rel. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Starcher

WORKMAN, Justice:

Petitioner Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) seeks a writ of prohibition directing the Circuit Court of Mononga-lia County to withdraw its order certifying a plaintiff class in an action instituted by Met-Life policyholders to recover for alleged improprieties in connection with the issuance of additional life insurance policies. We grant the requested writ of prohibition as moulded based on our conclusion that the class and the mechanics of assembling potential class members’ names, as framed in the certification order, have not been identified with sufficient…