Legal Opinion
Clark v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 29, 2009No. 07-1454, 07-1466PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we must determine whether a case may proceed as a class action even though the named plaintiffs claim became moot before he filed a motion for class certification. We conclude that the case may not proceed.
In August 2000, Ricky Eugene Clark filed a class action complaint in Colorado state court naming State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company as the defendant. The complaint sought reformation of an automobile insurance contract and damages under various contract, tort, and statutory causes of action. The case was removed to federal court, spent…
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