Margie Daniel v. Ford Motor Company

OPINION

MOLLOY, Senior District Judge:

The focus of this case is whether Ford Motor Company sold the plaintiffs a pig in the poke 1 when- each of them purchased a Ford Focus. The answer to that question is complicated by a dispute over the interpretation of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act by the California Court of Appeal and whether that court’s decision is binding on federal courts in diversity cases. If it is, the consequence negatively impacts the trial court’s determination of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act in this case. There is also a concern about the warranties, focused on…