Riley v. New Rapids Carpet Center

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Weintraub, C. J.

This suit was brought as a class action. On pretrial applications the trial court granted judgment in favor of one defendant and denied authorization to maintain the suit as a class action, permitting it to proceed solely on behalf of the named plaintiffs against the remaining defendants. The refusal to authorize a class action denied the main thrust of the litigation. Plaintiffs moved before the Appellate Division for leave to appeal. The Appellate Division denied the motion. A motion for leave to appeal was then made before us and it…