Dragon v. Vanguard Industries, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Davis, J.:

In Dragon v. Vanguard Industries, Inc., 277 Kan. 776, 89 P.3d 908 (2004) (Dragon I), this court reversed a class certification order for plaintiffs seeking damages by reason of allegedly defective pipe manufactured by the defendants Vanguard Industries, Inc., et al. We remanded with directions for further findings concerning the prerequisites of class certification. The case is now before us again in almost the same posture, except plaintiffs’ interlocutory appeal arises from an order denying class certification.

In 2001, plaintiffs and…