Law360, New York ( November 25, 2015, 10:48 AM EST) -- Lawyers typically think of class actions as being lawsuits filed by a number of plaintiffs against a single primary defendant: defrauded consumers or numerous tort victims all exposed to the same dangerous product. However, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permit defendant class actions. These lawsuits are rarely filed. It is even more notable when an insurance coverage defendant class action is filed. Even more rare is when the class is actually certified. Just such an event recently happened in a federal court insurance declaratory judgment in Ohio. The Medical Protective Company v. Center for Advanced Spine Technologies, Case No. 1:14-CV-5, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio....
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