Legal Opinion

Speaks v. Mazda Motor Corp.

District Court, D. Montana

Decided August 7, 2015No. CV 14-25-M-DLCPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

DANA L. CHRISTENSEN, Judge.

Before the Court are several motions in this diversity jurisdiction action. For the reasons explained, the Court denies Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and motions to exclude experts Syson and Hoffman, and grants in part and denies in part Plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment.

Background

Plaintiff Incarnacion Speaks (“Speaks”) brings this action, now sounding solely in strict products liability, against Defendants Mazda Motor Corporation and Mazda Motor of America, Inc. (“Mazda”) for injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident that she…

2Cases cited27 opinions

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