Ex Parte Equity Nat. Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
Equity National Life Insurance Company, Life Investors Insurance Company of America, Aegon Insurance Group, and Beth Croney, the defendants in an action pending in the Choctaw Circuit Court, petition for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its February 27, 1997, order conditionally certifying a statewide class of plaintiffs. We hold that the conditional class certification order failed to comply with the prerequisites of Rule 23, Ala. R. Civ, P.; therefore, we grant the petition.
Facts
On December 20, 1995, Claudy J. Coody and Mary F. Coody sued in the Choctaw Circuit Court,…
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