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Design Defect Claim Rejected for Lack of Cost Estimate on Alternative Design

By Sean Wajert on January 14, 2015
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

A federal court in Texas recently rejected design defect claims in a product liability case when plaintiff failed to offer a required cost estimate fo…
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Motion to Strike Class Allegations Granted

By Sean Wajert on June 10, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud

Mercedes-Benz USA LLC made a successful preemptive strike against class certification in a proposed class action suit over alleged suspension problems…
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Class Certification Denied in Minivan Case

By Sean Wajert on July 15, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

A federal court last week denied class certification in a case alleging that vehicle axles were allegedly prone to cracking. See Martin v. Ford Motor …
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Class Denied for Failure to Show Common Injury

By Sean Wajert on January 16, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

A federal court recently denied class certification in the MDL coordinating claims over an alleged defect in hybrid vehicles’ braking systems. S…
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Court of Appeals Reverses Daubert Decision

By Sean Wajert on September 4, 2012
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

A tip of the hat to our DRI colleague Mike Weston for alerting us to an interesting 10th Circuit opinion from a couple weeks ago, Hoffman v. Ford Moto…
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State Supreme Court Explores Plaintiff Fault in Enhanced Injury Context

By Sean Wajert on March 1, 2011
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

The Indiana Supreme Court recently answered a certified question from the federal court asking whether, in a crash-worthiness case alleging enhanced i…
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State Supreme Court Vacates Plaintiff Verdict After Trial By Ambush

By Sean Wajert on March 1, 2011
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

The Mississippi Supreme Court has vacated a $4.5 million verdict in favor of plaintiffs in a case against defendant Hyundai over a serious car acciden…
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Summary Judgment in Ignition Lock Class Action

By Sean Wajert on September 21, 2010
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

A federal judge has dismissed a class action against Ford Motor Co. over allegedly defective ignition locks. Richard Smith, et al. v. Ford Motor Co., …
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Chamber of Commerce Requests Open Debate on Science of Global Warming

By Sean Wajert on September 11, 2009
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week filed a supplemental request for an “on-the-record” hearing to debate the evidence behind the Envir…
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Ninth Circuit Vacates Class Action Order in Honda MDL

By Sean Wajert on August 14, 2008
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

The Ninth Circuit recently vacated a district court order certifying a class in litigation against American Honda Motor Co. See Bonlender v. American …
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