FORD MOTOR CO. v. SHELDON

No. 03-01-00610-CV.

113 S.W.3d 839 (2003)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY; Leif Johnson Ford, Inc.; and Fred Capdeville, Appellants, v. Barry SHELDON; Matthew Rueter; Margaret Dunayer; John Porter; William Dobbs; James Beasley; and B.J. Sanders, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

August 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Anderson, John H. Beisner, Patrick R. Rizzi, Andrew J. Trask, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, DC, Craig A. Morgan, Thomas M. Buillion, III, Brown McCarroll L.L.P., Austin, for appellants.

Steve McConnico, Ray Donley, Sam Johnson, Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., Tommy Jacks, James L. Wright, Mark Einfalt, Mithoff & Jacks, L.L.P., Austin, for appellees.

Before Justices B.A. SMITH, PATTERSON and PURYEAR.


OPINION

DAVID PURYEAR, Justice.

Ford Motor Company brings this interlocutory appeal from a trial court order certifying a class action. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(3) (West 2003). Ford appeals the order certifying the class action, claiming the trial court abused its discretion in: (1) finding questions to be "common" even though the jury could find different answers...

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