Cope v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 82 Ohio St.3d 426.] COPE ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as Cope v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.,

1998-Ohio-405.] Civil procedure—Class actions—Trial court abuses its discretion in denying class certification on the basis that plaintiffs failed to satisfy Civ.R. 23(B)(3)’s requirement of predominance and superiority when it fails to give adequate consideration to whether the asserted claims are susceptible of class-wide proof. (No. 97-567—Submitted February 17, 1998—Decided July 29, 1998.)…