Smilewicz v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

CPLR article 9, which authorizes class actions and sets forth the criteria to be considered in granting class action certification, is to be liberally construed (see Dank v Sears Holding Mgt. Corp., 59 AD3d 584 [2009]; Kidd v Delta Funding Corp., 289 AD2d 203 [2001]; Liechtung v Tower Air, 269 AD2d 363 [2000]; Friar v Vanguard Holding Corp., 78 AD2d 83, 91 [1980]). “The determination to grant class action certification rests in the sound discretion of the Supreme Court, ‘and any error should be resolved in favor of allowing the class action’ ” (Kidd v Delta Funding Corp., 289 AD2d at 203,…