Class Certification Defeated on Behalf of Fortune 500 Client.
Defeated class certification in a case brought on behalf of tens of thousands of putative class members claiming various violations and misconduct during a span of over fifty years against a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company in North Carolina.
Following several rounds of briefing and a hearing on the motion for class certification, the court agreed with our position and determined that a class action will “never be certified,” before any discovery was conducted.
The firms representing the plaintiffs argued that other “virtually identical” cases had previously been certified, including one with an approximate $100 million settlement involving similar claims and allegations. See Simpson et al. v. Stonemor GP, LLC et al. No. 23-CV-00217-KDB-SCR (W.D.N.C. March 28, 2024).
Plaintiff had previously issued a demand for more than $200 million to resolve the claims.
