Legal Opinion
Searles v. Germain Ford of Columbus, L.L.C.
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 2007No. 07AP-477PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bryant, Judge.
{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Amy Searles, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas denying her motion to certify a class action. Plaintiff assigns a single error:
The trial court erred to the prejudice of Ms. Searles in denying her motion to certify the sixth claim of her complaint as a class action when it held that R.C. 1345.09 preempts Civ.R. 23 and prevents class certification.
Because the trial court improperly concluded that plaintiff could not maintain simultaneous class and individual actions against defendant-appellee, Germain Ford of Columbus,…
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