Legal Opinion
In Re: Bridgestone/firestone, Inc., Tires Product Liability Action
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 24, 2005No. 04-1827PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
José Samuel Mañez-Reyes, a Mexican soccer professional of some note, died on the day after Christmas, 2002, when his Ford Explorer rolled over in Veracruz, Mexico. His family sued the Ford Motor Company and Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., in Val Verde County, Texas, alleging that a defect in one of the Explorer’s Firestone tires caused the accident. After being removed to the Western District of Texas, the case was transferred to the Southern District of Indiana, joining the over 700 cases that aré part of the Bridge-stone/Firestone Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). In February…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Piper Aircraft Co. v. ReynoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Gary McKnight Cross-Appellant v. General Motors Corporation, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Mohammed A. Kamel, D/B/A Al Muraa Establishment v. Hill-Rom Company, Inc. And Elias Ephrem Abou-ChedidCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- In Re: Ford Motor Company and Bridgestone/firestone North American Tire, Llc, as Successor to Bridgestone/firestone, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Angel Enrique Villeda Aldana v. Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
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