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SEARS HOME IMPROVEMENT PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant, v. Samuel D. PORTERFIELD, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Appellee.
    No. 1D06-3157.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Feb. 21, 2007.
    John A. DeVault, III and R.H. Farnell, II Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, P.A., Jacksonville; Roger L. Long-tin, Stephen L. Agin, and Paula D. Friedman of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.
    Kenneth A. Tomchin, Bryan R. Rendzio, and Jay B. Watson of Tomchin & Odom, P.A., Jacksonville; R. Duane Westrup and Lawrence R. Cagney of Westrup, Klick & Associates, Long Beach, CA; Allan A. Si-gel and Christine C. Choi of the Law Office of Allan A. Sigel, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, for Appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

The Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification is affirmed. See Seven Hills, Inc. v. Bentley, 848 So.2d 345, 352 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003) (noting that a trial court’s ruling on class certification is reviewed for an abuse of discretion); see also Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. v. Porcher, 898 So.2d 153, 157 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) (noting that doubts about class certification should be resolved in favor of certification).

AFFIRMED.

ALLEN, PADOVANO, and LEWIS, JJ., concur.