Kristine E. Lierboe, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a Corporation

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

We decide whether to vacate a district court’s class certification following a subsequent ruling that the class’s sole named plaintiff has no cognizable claim. Because the class is inadequately represented, we vacate the class certification and remand with instructions to dismiss.

I

On September 9, 1996, while riding as a passenger in a Jeep Cherokee that she owned and that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) insured, Kristine Lierboe sustained serious injuries in a car accident. She alleges that her combined medical bills exceeded the Jeep…