Legal Opinion
Baxter v. Kawasaki Motors Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 13, 2012No. 07 C 6745Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM T. HART, District Judge.
Class action plaintiff Keith Baxter alleges that he purchased a new 2006 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad 1600 motorcycle (the “Vulcan”) that has an odometer which overstates the miles actually ridden. Named as defendants are Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (“KMC”), Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (“KHI”), and Does 1-3.1 KHI designed and manufactured the Vulcan. KMC imports and distributes motorcycles produced by KHI.
In Counts I and II of the Second Amended Class Action Complaint, plaintiffs allege violations of the federal Odometer Act, 49 U.S.C. §§…
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