Cvs Caremark Corporation v. John Lauriello; John Lauriello v. Cvs Caremark Corporation

Summary

The court affirmed certification of a class asserting fraud claims arising from alleged concealment of insurance coverage during an earlier class-action settlement. It held that individual reliance did not defeat predominance because the alleged fraud was directed to class counsel and affected the class collectively, and it found no reversible abuse of discretion in the rulings concerning class counsel or the class definition. The court also affirmed certification under Rule 23(b)(3) rather than Rule 23(b)(1). Justice Murdock, dissenting, would have required a mandatory, non-opt-out class because the uniform claims created a risk of inconsistent adjudications.