Collier v. Adar Hartford Realty, LLC

Summary

The court affirmed denial of class certification because the proposed class covered all residents over more than fifteen years, while generalized evidence primarily concerned conditions and alleged misconduct beginning in 2015. Individualized proof would therefore predominate over common questions in establishing liability, making the proposed class fail the predominance requirement and likely the superiority requirement as well. The court also held that the trial court was not required to redefine the class or create subclasses sua sponte when the plaintiffs had not requested a narrower class.