Mark Johnson

BakerHostetler’s 2023 Q1 Insurance Class Action Quarterly Report Released

By Mark Johnson and Mathew G. Drocton on May 9, 2023 Posted in Class Action Trends

BakerHostetler released its 2023 Q1 Insurance Class Action Quarterly Report, which summarizes a variety of insurance class action themes. Total loss class actions kept going around the country, and labor depreciation class actions experienced ups and downs, depending on one’s viewpoint. New class actions involving sales tax depreciation, appraisal and privacy claims for data shared … Continue Reading

BakerHostetler Releases Insurance Class Action Update

By Mark Johnson on May 19, 2022 Posted in Class Action Trends

The Class Action Defense team released its Insurance Quarterly Report covering the fourth quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022. Included in the report are updates and analyses about property and casualty class action lawsuits, which are keeping courts and lawyers very busy, class action certification decisions in total loss valuation cases, and … Continue Reading

Q4 2018 Insurance Class Action Update

By Mark Johnson on February 13, 2019 Posted in Insurance

The final quarter of 2018 witnessed a number of new twists on old theories in class actions involving auto and homeowners claims and coverages, as well as further activity in some long-running class actions. Read BakerHostetler’s Q4 2018 Insurance Class Action Update, written by partner Mark Johnson, here.… Continue Reading

Eighth Circuit Provides Important Guidance in Class Settlement Approvals

By Mark Johnson on July 10, 2017 Posted in Consumer Class Action

The Eight Circuit provided some useful guidance for district courts and practitioners in obtaining and reviewing final approval of class settlements in its July 5, 2017, decision in Keil v. Lopez. In that case, the court affirmed approval of a consumer class action settlement by Blue Buffalo Co. Ltd. involving ingredients of pet food. Here … Continue Reading

Sixth Circuit Reaffirms Certification of Defective Washing Machine Class on Remand From Supreme Court

By Mark Johnson on July 21, 2013 Posted in Class Action Trends, Class Certification, Commonality, Predominance, Typicality

Co-author: Rand McClellan Editors’ Note: This post is also a Baker Class Action Alert. In a closely watched decision after remand by the Supreme Court, on July 18, 2013, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld for a second time the class certification order in In re Whirlpool Front-Loading Washer Prods. Liab. Litig. (“Whirlpool II”) … Continue Reading

Daubert Revisited

By Mark Johnson on January 2, 2012 Posted in Expert Testimony, Rule 23 Requirements

After the Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011), the application of Daubert at the class certification stage has been one of recent confusion. Although not all circuits have addressed whether a full Daubert analysis is necessary at the class certification stage, the Eighth Circuit announced its approach in In … Continue Reading