NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INS. CO. v. ROWE

No. 02-1010.

164 S.W.3d 389 (2005)

NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE CO., Petitioner, v. Ella Mae ROWE, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Roger Williams, Jr., Catherine Lewis Robb, George & Donaldson, L.L.P., Austin, for petitioner.

Denise M. Nixon, G. Wade Caldwell, Jesse R. Castillo, James Todd Hedgepeth, Martin Drought & Torres, Inc., San Antonio, Joe K. Longley, Law Offices of Joe K. Longley, Austin, R. Stephen Woodfin, Law Office of Stephen Woodfin, Kilgore, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court certified a nationwide class, and the court of appeals affirmed.1 Because the trial court did not conduct the rigorous analysis of the issues to be tried that we required in Southwestern Refining Co. v. Bernal,2 we reverse the court of appeals' judgment and remand the case to the trial court.

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