[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.
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{¶ 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.
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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.
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