CA Court Favors Lenders in Choice-of-State-Law Dispute The California Supreme Court has reversed nationwide class certification in a case involving forced placement of hazard insurance, creating a precedent that could have wide-ranging implications for other mortgage-related class certification cases. Ruling in Washington Mutual, FA, v. Superior Court of Orange County, the Supreme Court has made it more difficult for plaintiffs to win certification in nationwide or multi-state class actions involving contracts with a