Bliss & Glennon Inc. v. Ashley

OPINION

SHERRY RADACK, Chief Justice.

Appellant brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order certifying a nationwide class. We reverse.

*382BACKGROUND

A. The Parties

Plaintiffiappellant Bliss & Glennon, Inc. (B & G) is an insurance broker. Essentially, it serves as the middle-man in the residual insurance market, i.e., it brokers hard-to-place policies that cannot be purchased in the standard insurance market. B & G’s customers are insurance agents that represent insureds, and B & G’s suppliers are various insurance companies.

Defendant/appellee Lyle Ashley worked for B & G until June…