Reynolds, Inc., 883 P.2d 522, 531 (Colo.Ct.App.1994) (“The commencement of a class action tolls the statute of limitations for all members of the putative class, thereby preserving for the individual class members the portion of the limitations period that remained at the time the class action was commenced”), aff'd in part, rev’d in part on other grounds, 908 P.2d 1095 (Colo.1995); Campbell v. New Milford Bd. of Educ., 36 Conn.Supp. 357, 423 A.2d 900, 905 n. 6 (1980) (noting that in class action lawsuits “the statute [of limitations] is tolled from the time the complaint was filed until the decision on class certification is made”); Pope v. Intermountain Gas Co., 103 Idaho 217, 646 P.2d 988, 1010 n. 28 (Idaho 1982) (citing American Pipe to support the court’s determ 2d 128, 133 (1984) (<HOLDING>); Warren Consol. Sch. v. W.R. Grace & Co., 205
holding that where the action was filed as a class action and a consent decree was entered into entry of the consent decree was sufficient certification of the action as a class action under rule 23 holding that the right of all putative members of a proposed class in an action filed pursuant to kansass class action rule of civil procedure to file a separate action is preserved pending the determination of whether the initial case shall be maintained as a class action holding that for a class action to be maintained all class members must have a common and undivided interest in the property or matter involved holding that the court has no authority to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the merits of an action to determine whether it may be maintained as a class action holding that putative class members are not parties to an action prior to class certification