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JACOBSEN v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. DA 12-0130.

310 P.3d 452 (2013)

2013 MT 244

371 Mont. 393

Robert JACOBSEN, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted May 15, 2013.

Decided August 29, 2013.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Robert H. King, Jr. (argued), SNR Denton U.S. LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Dennis Tighe ; Paul R. Haffeman ; Davis, Hatley, Haffeman & Tighe, P.C., Great Falls, Montana.

For Appellee: Lawrence A. Anderson (argued), Attorney at Law, P.C., Great Falls, Montana, Daniel P. Buckley , Buckley Law Office, P.C., Bozeman, Montana, David J. Berardinelli , Berardinelli Law Firm, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

For Amici Curiae: Bradley J. Luck , Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, Missoula, Montana Robin S. Conrad , National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C., Gene C. Schaerr , Winston & Strawn, LLP, Washington, D.C. (Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America), Amy Poehling Eddy , Bottomly Eddy & Sandle, PLLP, Kalispell, Montana, William F. Merlin, Jr. , Merlin Law Group, P.A., Tampa, Florida, Leslie Anne Scalley , Attorney at Law, Tampa, Florida (United Policyholders).

Justice MICHAEL E. WHEAT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Defendant Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate) appeals the order of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, granting Plaintiff Robert Jacobsen's (Jacobsen) motion for class certification. We affirm the class certification but modify the certified class relief on remand.

ISSUES

¶ 2 We restate the issues on appeal as follows:

¶ 3 1. Whether the...

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