Schein v. Lámar

This is an appeal from the order of the lower court judge which granted the respondent’s motion to certify a class action and to allow her to represent the class, denied the motion by three of the defendants to be dismissed as parties, and granted the respondent’s motion to amend her complaint.

The appellants opposed the class certification motion by asserting that fraud is not the proper subject of a class action. They have appealed the granting of the motion and additionally allege the trial judge erred by ruling on the merits of the case prior to the appellants’ filing of an answer,…