Ritt v. Billy Blanks Enterprises

Boyle, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendants, Memberworks, Inc. (“MWP), West Corporation and West Telemarketing Corporation (collectively, “West”), appeal from a March 28, 2006 judgment of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, granting plaintiffs’ (also cross-appellants’) motion to certify a class pursuant to Civ.R. 23.

{¶ 2} Plaintiffs, Brandy L. Ritt, Kathleen Soppelsa, and Denise Reeves, cross-appeal from the same judgment, arguing that the scope of the trial court’s class definition should be expanded.

{¶ 3} This is the second appeal in this case regarding class certification. 1 In Ritt v. Blanks,…