Legal Opinion
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
Decided October 22, 2003No. 02-3111PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Several hundred products Lability lawsuits filed in federal court against Ford Motor Company and Bridgestone/Fire-stone North American Tire, LLC (Firestone) concerning the allegedly defective designs of certain models of Firestone tires and the Ford Explorer are currently consolidated for pretrial proceedings in the Southern District of Indiana. 1 This matter addresses 121 of those cases. Each case was filed initially in a district court sitting within Alabama, California, Florida, or Mississippi by Venezuelan or Colombian nationals (or their representatives).…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Piper Aircraft Co. v. ReynoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Will v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- In Re: Bridgestone/firestone, Inc., Tires Product Liability ActionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- EXTRA EQUIPAMENTOS E EXPORTAÇÃO LTDA. v. CASE CORPORATIONCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- United States v. Tony LapiCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
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