Ruff v. Parex, Inc.

HORTON, Judge.

Considering the substantial interests involved, we allow in our discretion defendants’ refiled petition for certiorari and consider the appeal on its merits pursuant to N.C.R. App. P. 2.

*536Defendants assign error to the denial of their motions to join third parties and to the conclusion of the trial court that it was bound by the class certification orders previously entered by another trial judge. The first issue on appeal is whether the trial court failed to exercise its discretionary power when it concluded that it was bound by the class certification orders and that it…