MAYFLOWER NAT. LIFE INS. CO. v. Thomas

Bill Heard Chevrolet Company and Mayflower National Life Insurance Company, the defendants in a case pending in the Russell Circuit Court, appeal the trial court's order certifying a class in this action against them. This Court has reviewed class-certification orders from the trial court in this case on two prior occasions: Ex parte Mayflower Nat'l Life Ins. Co.,771 So.2d 459 (Ala. 2000) ("Heard I"), and Bill HeardChevrolet Co. v. Thomas, 819 So.2d 34 (Ala. 2001) ("HeardII"). In both of our prior decisions we set aside the order granting class certification. Again, we vacate the…