Manufacturers, Motion to Dismiss, Class Action

In Dismissing Claims Against OEM, Federal Court Quietly Rejects FTC Interpretation of Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act - Seyfarth's...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/1/2024

A federal court in Wisconsin recently granted a motion to dismiss all claims in a putative multi-district class action against motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson, asserting claims that the OEM’s warranty violated the...more

Eighth Circuit reverses dismissal of putative class claims on ground that puffery does not apply to allegations of concealment

Kilpatrick on 1/31/2023

Takeaway: The Eastern District of Missouri granted General Motors’ motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging deceptive omission of oil consumption problems with certain GMC and Chevy trucks, agreeing that the...more

Product Liability 2019 Year in Review

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 2/3/2020

Massachusetts state and federal courts issued a number of important product liability decisions in 2019. The Product Liability practice group at Nutter recently reviewed these cases. Highlighted below are some of the key...more

Court Ruling Signals Potential Expansion of Civil RICO Liability to Include Automotive Suppliers in Emissions Violations Cases

Dechert LLP on 3/7/2018

A U.S. federal district court, on February 20, 2018, declined to dismiss class plaintiffs’ civil RICO claim against GM and a major automotive supplier, where plaintiffs alleged that GM and the supplier conspired to defraud...more

California Plaintiffs Say that Size Matters: Consumer Fraud Class Action Challenges Slack-Fill in Protein Products

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints on 5/31/2016

According to named plaintiffs in a consumer fraud action filed in December in the Southern District of California, size matters when making it comes to making a purchase. In fact, Plaintiffs claim that the average consumer’s...more

In re Capacitors Antitrust Class Action Litigation Survives Motion to Dismiss

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 6/3/2015

Direct and indirect capacitor purchasers who filed class action complaints against an alleged worldwide cartel of capacitor manufacturers have, for the most part, survived a motion to dismiss in the Northern District of...more