YOUNG v. FirstMERIT BANK, N.A.

No. 94913

2011 Ohio 614

Kathy Young, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FirstMerit Bank, N.A., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: February 10, 2011


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Platt , David F. Adler , Theodore M. Grossman , Jones Day , North Point, 901 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1190, Marcel C. Duhamel , Elizabeth A. Ratliff , Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP, 2100 One Cleveland Center, 1375 E. 9th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, Thomas B. Ridgley , Vorys, Sater, Seymour, & Pease LLP, 53 East Gay Street, PO Box 1008, Columbus, Ohio 43216, John W. Solomon , Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP, 106 South Main Street, Suite 1100, Akron, Ohio 44308, Attorneys for Appellant.

John S. Chapman , Jason T. Albin , John S. Chapman & Associates, LLC, 204 Hoyt Block, 700 West St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Joel Levin , Aparesh Paul , Christopher M. Vlasich , Levin & Associates Co., L.P.A., Tower at Erieview, Suite 1100, 1301 East 9th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before: Cooney, J., Celebrezze, P.J., and Jones, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

COLLEEN CONWAY COONEY, J.:

{¶1} Defendant-appellant, FirstMerit Bank ("FirstMerit"), appeals the trial court's decision granting class certification to plaintiff-appellee, Kathy Young ("Young"). After a thorough review of the record and applicable law, we conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in granting the class certification. We, therefore, reverse the judgment.

{¶2} FirstMerit...

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