Fourth District Court of Appeal Upholds Two Denials of Class Certification: Addresses In Re Tobacco Cases and Acknowledges Differences in Damages Can Defeat Certification

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Two recent Fourth District Court of Appeal cases affirmed the denial of class certification. Kaldenbach v. Mutual of Omaha Life Insurance Co., 178 Cal.App.4th 830 (2009), was one of the first cases to address the California Supreme Court's decision in the In re Tobacco II Cases, 46 Cal. 4th 298 (2009). Evans v. Lasco Bathware, Inc., 178 Cal.App.4th 1417 (2009), held that differences in damages could be a reason for denying class certification.

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