Sloan v. Gen. Motors LLC

EDWARD M. CHEN, United States District Judge

Plaintiffs allege that Defendant General Motors (GM) manufactured and sold a car engine that, due to several internal defects, consumes excessive amounts of oil, resulting in engine damage that presents a safety risk of sudden shutdowns or engine fires. GM moves to dismiss on several grounds which can broadly be grouped under challenges to personal jurisdiction for the out-of-state plaintiffs; failure to plead an unreasonable safety hazard or *851pre-sale knowledge that gives rise to a duty to disclose in support of the consumer protection and fraud…