Rimmer v. CitiFinancial, Inc.

2009 Ohio 4902

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: September 22, 2009
• Docket: 2008-1144
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Cite as Rimmer v. CitiFinancial, Inc., 123 Ohio St.3d 128, 2009-Ohio-4902.]

RIMMER, APPELLEE, v. CITIFINANCIAL, INC., APPELLANT. [Cite as Rimmer v. CitiFinancial, Inc., 123 Ohio St.3d 128, 2009-Ohio-4902.] Cause remanded to the court of appeals for further consideration of class certification. (No. 2008-1144 — Submitted July 14, 2009 — Decided September 22, 2009.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 89407, 2008-Ohio-1814. __________________ {¶ 1} The cause is remanded to the court of appeals for further consideration of its findings for class certification in view of the holding in Alexander v. Wells Fargo Financial Ohio 1, Inc., 122 Ohio St.3d 341, 2009-Ohio- 2962, 911 N.E.2d 286. MOYER, C.J., and LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur. PFEIFER, J., would dismiss the appeal as having been improvidently accepted. __________________ Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A., and Patrick J. Perotti; and Brian Ruschel, for appellee. Thompson Hine, L.L.P., Kip T. Bollin, and James L. DeFeo, for appellant. McLaughlin & McCaffrey, L.L.P., Patrick M. McLaughlin, and Adrienne B. Kirshner; and Ballard, Spahr, Andrews, & Ingersoll, L.L.P., Alan S. Kaplinsky, and Mark J. Levin, for amicus curiae, American Financial Services Association. __________________