United States Ninth Circuit

In a putative class action alleging malpractice by law firm and lawyer defendants, the district court's order denying the motion for class certification brought by named plaintiffs is vacated where: 1) although the district court properly applied the choice-of-law rules of the forum state Arizona, it erred in holding that the law of each class member's home state governed his or her individual claim, rather than the law of Arizona where the alleged malpractice occurred; and 2) the court abused its discretion by basing its class certification decision on an erroneous view of the proper choice of law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/09/2015
• Published 09/09/2015

Judges

• OWENS

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel