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IN RE FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 02-3111.

344 F.3d 648 (2002)

In re: Ford Motor Company and Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC, as successor to Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 13, 2002.

Opinion September 12, 2003.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin P. Smith, Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL, Mark J.R. Merkle, Krieg Devault, Indianapolis, IN, Mark Herrmann, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, for Petitioner Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.

Randall Riggs, Locke Reynolds, Indianapolis, IN, John H. Beisner, O'Melveney & Myers, Washington, DC, Craig A. Morgan, Brown McCarroll, Austin, TX, for Petitioner Ford Motor Co.

Joel S. Perwin, Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg & Eaton, Miami, FL, Marc Cooper, Colson, Hicks, Eidson, Coral Gables, FL, John W. Barrett, Lexington, MS, William E. Winingham, Wilson, Kehoe & Winingham, Indianapolis, IN, Irwin B. Levin, Cohen & Malad, Indianapolis, IN, Thomas G. Stayton, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, Thomas S. Kilbane, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, Daniel P. Byron, Bingham McHale, Indianapolis, IN, Randall Riggs, Locke Reynolds, Indianapolis, IN, for Parties-in-Interest.

Before KANNE, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Denied October 22, 2003.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Several hundred products liability lawsuits filed in federal court against Ford Motor Company and Bridgestone/Firestone 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...

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