United States: Sixth Circuit Holds Non-Expert Evidence Need Not Be Admissible To Support Class Certification, But Approves Stringent Claim Process That Aids Defendants - Foley & Lardner

At Class Certification Stage, Non-Expert Evidence Must Be Reliable, but Not Necessarily Admissible: As the Supreme Court explained 40 years ago in General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon, 457 U.S. 147, 161 (1982).