The Supreme Court of Ohio has been asked by Ford Motor Credit Company to accept jurisdiction over an appeal of an order certifying a nationwide class action challenging its inspection policy for lease-end vehicles. This case presents the Ohio Supreme Court with the opportunity to decide whether it will affirmatively adopt and apply the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes as the analytical standard for determining whether a class may be certified under Ohio law.
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