Citizens Insurance Company of America, Citizens, Inc., Harold Riley, and Mark Oliver, Petitioners v. Dr. Fernando…

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the appellate court’s affirmation of the trial court’s class certification, decertifying the worldwide class because the trial court failed to consider the res judicata effect of the representative’s claim abandonment, did not conduct a proper choice‑of‑law analysis, and used an improper, non‑ascertainable class definition. The case was remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.