O'Connor

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification came on regularly for hearing before this Court on July 13, 1998. After reviewing the materials submitted by the parties, argument of counsel, and the case file, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ motion is GRANTED.

I. Background

The factual background and procedural posture of this case are well known to the parties and to the Court and, therefore, need not be recited at length here. On October 20,1997, the Court denied, without prejudice, Plaintiffs LAURENCE O’CONNER et al.’s (“Plaintiffs”) motion for class certification of their action against Defendants BOEING NORTH AMERICAN, INC. and ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (“Defendants”) and granted Plaintiffs leave to amend their Second Amended Complaint. The Court’s October 20, 1997 Order provided Plaintiffs with a detailed analysis of its concerns relating to class certification of this action. In response, Plaintiffs filed a Third Amended Complaint on December 22, 1997 (“TAC”). Subsequently, on January 26, 1998, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss and to strike portions of Plaintiffs TAC, which the Court denied in part, and…