State ex rel. Municipal Water Works v. Honorable Derek C. Swope (Signed Opinion)
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The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition sought by Municipal Water Works to challenge an order issued by the circuit court granting Plaintiffs' motion for class certification, holding that the circuit court failed to conduct a thorough analysis of the class prerequisites in W. VA. R. Civ. P. 23(a), and therefore, the order granting class certification must be vacated.
Plaintiffs, individually and on behalf of a class of individuals that were customers of Municipal Water, filed a complaint in the circuit court alleging that each putative class member was exposed to illness-causing pollutants in their water supply. After a hearing, the circuit court entered an order granting class certification. The Supreme Court vacated the order, holding that the circuit court's order did not contain a thorough analysis of the Rule 23(a) factors.
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