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IN RE FORD MOTOR CO. IGNITION SWITCH PRODUCTS

MDL No. 1112. Civ.A.No. 96-3125 JBS.

19 F.Supp.2d 263 (1998)

In re FORD MOTOR COMPANY IGNITION SWITCH PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION (This applies to Veideman, Civil Nos. 96-948 and 96-3125 and Pierce, Civil No. 96-4912).

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 27, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Schiffrin, Schiffrin & Craig, LTD., Bala Cynwyd, PA, Timothy G. Blood, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes and Lerach, LLP, San Diego, CA, for MDL Plaintiffs.

Beverly C. Moore, Moore & Brown, Washington, D.C., for Snodgrass Plaintiffs.

Brian C. Anderson, O'Melveny & Meyers, Washington, D.C., for Ford Motor Company.

Scott L. Winkelman, Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., for United Technologies Automotive, Inc.

Matthew T. Heartney, Arnold & Porter, Los Angeles, CA, for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Larry W. Morris, Morris, Haynes, Ingram & Hornsby, Alexander City, AL, for Plaintiffs, Wayne Pierce and Charles Glen Ross.

OPINION

SIMANDLE, District Judge.

The Ford ignition switch litigation involves two groups of putative class action suits and one group of insurance subrogation cases, all of which allege that defendant United Technologies Automotive, Inc. ("UTA") manufactured defective motor vehicle ignition switches that have a propensity to spontaneously catch fire, and that defendant Ford Motor Company ("Ford") manufactured and distributed automobiles, light trucks, and...

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