Legal Opinion
Snodgrass v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided May 25, 2000No. MDL No. 1112; Civ.A. Nos. 96-3125(JBS), 96-1814(JBS)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SIMANDLE, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this consolidated Multi-District Litigation class action suit, plaintiffs claim that they own or owned vehicles manufactured by defendant Ford Motor Company (“Ford”); that their vehicles came equipped with defective ignition switches manufactured by defendant United Technologies Corporation (“UTC”); that defendants knew that the switches were defective and nonetheless persisted in selling the affected cars and trucks; and that vehicles were damaged by fires caused by short circuits in the defective switches.
Presently before the Court is the…
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