Legal Opinion
Caro v. Procter & Gamble Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 31, 1993No. D016720PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KREMER, P. J.
Plaintiff Stephen J. Caro appeals an order denying his motion for class certification of his lawsuit against defendants The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), N.W. Ayer, Inc. (Ayer), and The Vons Companies, Inc. (Vons). Caro contends in denying class certification the superior court applied improper legal criteria, impermissibly weighed the lawsuit’s merits, and made unsupported findings about the atypicality of Caro’s claims and the predominance of individual questions over common issues. We affirm the order.
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Caro’s Complaint
In April 1991 Caro filed a class action complaint…
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