Estate of Reed v. Hadley

Harsha, Judge.

{¶ 1} The estate of Corinne M. Reed and Jacqueline Parker (collectively, “estate”) appeal from the trial court’s denial of their motion for class certification. The estate argues that the court abused its discretion by denying certification based on its findings that the proposed class members did not all sign identical contracts and that proof of legal injuries to class members required individual evidence of damages. We conclude that it was unreasonable to find that the class should not be certified without examining the contracts to determine whether the similarities in the…