BILL HEARD CHEVROLET CO. v. THOMAS

1000584.

819 So.2d 34 (2001)

BILL HEARD CHEVROLET COMPANY and Mayflower National Life Insurance Company v. James E. THOMAS and Dorothy L. Dixon.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Huffaker of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, for Bill Heard Chevrolet Company.

Charles D. Stewart and Jason Lee Holly of Spain & Gillon, L.L.C., Birmingham, for Mayflower National Life Insurance Company.

Kenneth L. Funderburk and James P. Graham, Jr., of Funderburk, Day & Lane, Phenix City, for appellees.


STUART, Justice.

Bill Heard Chevrolet Company ("Heard") and Mayflower National Life Insurance Company ("Mayflower") appeal from the trial court's order conditionally certifying two classes of plaintiffs as to certain claims in an action pending in the Russell Circuit Court. Because we conclude that the trial court failed to perform the rigorous analysis required in certifying a class and failed to allow Heard and Mayflower an adequate opportunity to present any evidence...

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