Legal Opinion
In Re Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided July 27, 2001No. IP 00-9373-C-B/S, MDL No. 1373PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AS TO PLAINTIFFS’ EIGHTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF AND RENDERING MOOT IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
BARKER, District Judge.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, this court has jurisdiction over all pending federal cases concerning alleged defects in specified models of Firestone tires 1 (“the Tires”) and in certain automobile models, most notably Ford Explorers. In addition to numerous wrongful death and personal injury cases, the Court also has before it putative class action cases seeking damages and other relief for injuries that…
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