NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INS. CO. v. ROWE

No. 03-01-00396-CV.

86 S.W.3d 285 (2002)

NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Ella Mae ROWE, Individually And On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled September 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Roger Williams, Jr., Catherine L. Robb, Jennifer A. Lloyd, George and Donaldson, L.L.P., Austin, for appellant.

Joe K. Longley, Longley & Maxwell, L.L.P., Wade Caldwell, Jesse R. Castillo, Denise Nixon Bunk, Martin Drought & Torres, Inc., San Antonio, Stephen Woodfin, Law Office of Stephen Woodfin, Kilgore, for appellee.

Before Justices KIDD, YEAKEL and PATTERSON.


MACK KIDD, Justice.

National Western Life Insurance Co. ("National") brings this interlocutory appeal challenging the trial court's order certifying a class action. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(3) (West Supp.2002). National contends that the trial court abused its discretion in certifying the class because the appellee, Ella Mae Rowe, failed to satisfy certain requirements for class certification under rule 42 of the Texas Rules...

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