DENNIS SPEERLY; JOSEPH SIERCHIO; DARRIN DEGRAND; DANIEL DRAIN; WAVERS SMITH; RICHARD FREEMAN; CHRISTOPHER GILES; LOUIS RAY; RICHARD SULLIVAN; JAMES NORVELL; MICHAEL BANKS; GUY CLARK; MARIA BARALLARDOS; CARY SHERROW; JASON KEVIN SINCLAIR; KIMBERLY COULSON; TROY COULSON; ANDRE MCQUADE; DONALD DYKSHORN; TAIT THOMAS; JAMES PAUL BROWNE; WILLIAM FREDO; JON ELLARD; RHIANNA MEYERS; RANDALL JACOBS; MICHAEL PONDER; PHILIP WEEKS; KATRINA FREDO; JIMMY FLOWERS; STEVEN BRACK; KEVIN WESLEY; BRIAN LLOYD; GREGORY BUTSCHA; JERRY CARROLL; KIMBERLY CARROLL; DOMINIC EATHERTON; THOMAS EDMONDSON; RICHARD FILIAGGI; ROBERT HIGGINS; DAVID THOMPSON, DONALD SICURA v. GENERAL MOTORS, LLC - Articles

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DENNIS SPEERLY; JOSEPH SIERCHIO; DARRIN DEGRAND; DANIEL DRAIN; WAVERS SMITH; RICHARD FREEMAN; CHRISTOPHER GILES; LOUIS RAY; RICHARD SULLIVAN; JAMES NORVELL; MICHAEL BANKS; GUY CLARK; MARIA BARALLARDOS; CARY SHERROW; JASON KEVIN SINCLAIR; KIMBERLY COULSON; TROY COULSON; ANDRE MCQUADE; DONALD DYKSHORN; TAIT THOMAS; JAMES PAUL BROWNE; WILLIAM FREDO; JON ELLARD; RHIANNA MEYERS; RANDALL JACOBS; MICHAEL PONDER; PHILIP WEEKS; KATRINA FREDO; JIMMY FLOWERS; STEVEN BRACK; KEVIN WESLEY; BRIAN LLOYD; GREGORY BUTSCHA; JERRY CARROLL; KIMBERLY CARROLL; DOMINIC EATHERTON; THOMAS EDMONDSON; RICHARD FILIAGGI; ROBERT HIGGINS; DAVID THOMPSON, DONALD SICURA v. GENERAL MOTORS, LLC

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 28, 2024

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Richard C. Godfrey, QUINN, EMANUEL, URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Douglas J. McNamara, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Richard C. Godfrey, R. Allan Pixton, QUINN, EMANUEL, URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Stephanie A. Douglas, Susan McKeever, BUSH SEYFERTH PLLC, Troy, Michigan, Renee D. Smith, KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Jason M. Wilcox, KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Douglas J. McNamara, Karina Puttieva Madelyn Petersen, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL, PLLC, Washington, D.C., Theodore J. Leopold, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for Appellees.

Attorneys 5: ON BRIEF: Brian D. Schmalzbach, MCGUIREWOODS LLP, Richmond, Virginia, John M. Thomas, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kyle M. Asher, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Lansing, Michigan, Wendy Liu, PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP, Washington, D.C., Jeffrey R. White, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Judge(s): MOORE, COLE, and MATHIS, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiffs from twenty-six states seek class certification in their suit against General Motors, LLC (“GM”), for alleged defects present in the 8L45 and 8L90 transmissions of vehicles purchased from GM between 2015 and 2019. According to the Plaintiffs, they experienced “shudder” and shift quality issues when driving these vehicles that persisted even if and when they brought the car in to be repaired. GM claims that the putative class lacks standing and that there exist a number of individualized issues between both the Plaintiffs and state laws that would predominate over any common issues of law or fact in the Plaintiffs’ putative class-action suit. The district court determined that the Plaintiffs have standing and can satisfy Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 and certified the class. GM appeals the decision and claims that the district court abused its discretion in certifying the class. We hold that the Plaintiffs have standing and that the district court did not abuse its discretion in certifying the class action and AFFIRM the class certification.

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