reversing certification of a medical monitoring class of Pennsylvania smokers
Summary of this case from In re Welding Fume Prods. Liab. Litig.No. 98-1491.
May 17, 1999, OCTOBER TERM, 1976
Sup. Ct. Cal. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 19 Cal. 4th 254, 965 P. 2d 696.
reversing certification of a medical monitoring class of Pennsylvania smokers
Summary of this case from In re Welding Fume Prods. Liab. Litig.observing that a court " must attempt to strike the fine balance between permissibly identifying the issues that the case will present for purposes of determining whether the requirements of Rule 23 have been met and impermissibly deciding those issues on the merits"
Summary of this case from In re Welding Fume Prods. Liab. Litig.declining to certify class of smokers because, among other reasons, need to conduct individualized inquiry into statute of limitations defense for each plaintiff "augurs that a class action will devolve into a lengthy series of individual trials"
Summary of this case from Moelis v. Berkshire Liferefusing to address validity of contract as matter of state law because National Labor Relations Board had exclusive jurisdiction as to question of whether contract violated collective bargaining process itself
Summary of this case from Barbieri v. United Technologies Corp.Full title:GLOBE INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. KHAWAR
Court:U.S.
Date published: May 17, 1999
1 Cir. 9/25/98), 720 So.2d 78, writ denied, 98-2697 (La. 12/18/98). 734 So.2d 635, cert. denied, 526 U.S.…
Wall v. Sunoco, Inc.In order to sustain an action for medical monitoring, the plaintiff must establish the follow requirements:…