Legal Opinion
In re Teflon Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided December 5, 2008No. MDL No. 1733; Civil No. 4-06-md-01733PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*357ORDER
RONALD E. LONGSTAFF, Senior District Judge.
The Court has before it plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, filed August 4, 2008. Defendant E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company (“DuPont”) resisted the motion on September 2, 2008, and plaintiffs filed a reply memorandum on October 6, 2008. The Court held a hearing on October 14 and 15, 2008, and the motion is fully submitted.1
I. BACKGROUND
In the present MDL proceeding, plaintiffs seek certification of twenty-three classes of persons who acquired cookware coated with DuPont’s “Teflon®” product.2 Plaintiffs allege that in producing and…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Saltzman v. Pella Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2009
- Walls v. Sagamore InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 2011
- Kelecseny v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 2009
- Duchardt v. Midland National Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 2009
- Frazier v. PJ Iowa, L.C.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 2018
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