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IN RE WHIRLPOOL CORP. FRONT-LOADING WASHER PRODS.

No. 10-4188.

678 F.3d 409 (2012)

In re WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION FRONT-LOADING WASHER PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. Gina Glazer, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Trina Allison, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Whirlpool Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 3, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Malcolm E. Wheeler , Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, Denver, Colorado, for Appellant. Jonathan D. Selbin , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Malcolm E. Wheeler , Michael T. Williams , Galen D. Bellamy , Joel S. Neckers , Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, Denver, Colorado, F. Daniel Balmert , Anthony J. O'Malley , Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Jonathan D. Selbin , Jason L. Lichtman , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. John H. Beisner , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Before: KENNEDY, MARTIN, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

Whirlpool Corporation brings this interlocutory appeal of the district court's decision to certify an Ohio plaintiff liability class under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a) and (b)(3). The case involves multi-district litigation concerning alleged design defects in Whirlpool's Duet®, Duet HT®, Duet Sport®, and Duet Sport HT® front-load washing machines ("the Duets").1

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