What is a "typical" claim under Rule 23(a) of the OPCA?

Under Rule 23(a), "claims are 'typical' if they are reasonably co-extensive with those of absent class members" because the claims "need not be substantially identical." Hanlon v. Chrysler Corp., 150 F.3d 1011, 1020 (9th Cir. 1998). To determine typicality, a court should inquire "whether other members have the same or similar injury, whether the action is based on conduct which is not unique to

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the named plaintiffs, and whether other class members have been injured by the same course of conduct." Hanon v. Dataproducts Corp., 976 F.2d 497, 508 (9th Cir. 1992).