IN RE FORD MOTOR CO.

MDL No. 1718.

664 F.Supp.2d 752 (2009)

In re FORD MOTOR CO. SPEED COTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGTION.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

Order on Clarification and Reconsideration January 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Caddell, Caddell & Chapman, Houston, TX, for Michael T. Iley, Marla K. Iley, Joseph T. Whittington, Marcus Ebow, Dana C. Gray, John Smith, David Guillory, Eric Moore, Hardy Pollard Abel Sanchez, Culema Sanchez, Brenda Shaver, Brian Folsom, April Folsom, Wesley Grindstaff, Amy Grindstaff, Robert M. Hughes, Progressive Insurance Company as Subrogee of Robert M. Hughes, Robert Lively, Allstate Insurance Company as Subrogee of Doris Lively, Kellee Charles, B.C.A Minor, M.C.A Minor, Chester Franklin, Jesus Lopez, Maria Flores, Paula Vanduzee, Dean Richard, Jeremy Wimley, Cherie Vicsek, Todd Vicsek, Mike Thomas, Janie Thomas, Linwood Hall, Edward Foerster an Illinois Resident, for the use and benefit of Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Jon Minson, J.D. Morrison, Brannon Justice, Erica Justice-Individually and as next friend of KMJ, A Minor, Kmj-A Minor, by next friend Erica Justice, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Joel Radford, Hanover Insurance Company-On Behalf of Williams Tool and Die Company, Rose Mary Samano, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, as Subrogee of Donald Bramlage and Janet Bramlage, Delica D. Lewis; Individually and as Statutory Beneficiaries of Deceased, Carla Lewis Mitchell, Carl Mitchell, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company as Subrogee of Williams Tool and Die Company, Incorporated, Rhonda K. Hamlin, Vivian J. Hamlin, California State Automobile Association, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Luke Parkes, Tammy Parkes, Terry R. Hamlin, Rudolpho Reyes, Dominga Reyes, Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company as Subrogee of Robert Milligan, Janet Bramlage, Donald Bramlage, John Shaver, Jennifer Shaver, Michael Shaver, Charles Mitchell, Vincent Green, Len McCombs, Theresa McCombs, Ronald Clements, David M. Wise, Matthew Rindlisbacher, Cheryl Rindlisbacher, Nancy Kiger, Carroll S. Pedigo, Raymond E. Pedigo and Cotton States Mutual Insurance Co.

Gary P. Koederitz, Koederitz & Wilkins, Baton Rouge, LA, for Joseph T. Whittington.

Joseph W. Phebus, Phebus and Koester, Urbana, IL, for Dana C. Gray.

Clayton Arthur Larsh Davis, Lundy & Davis, Lake Charles, LA, for John Smith, David Guillory.

Charles R. Houssiere, III, Houssiere & Durant, Houston, TX, for Eric Moore, Hardy Pollard, Abel Sanchez, Culema Sanchez.

John Scott Husser, Rome, GA, for Brian Folsom, April Folsom, Wesley Grindstaff, Amy Grindstaff.

Thomas Howard Leach, Metairie, LA, for Robert M. Hughes, Progressive Insurance Company as Subrogee of Robert M. Hughes.

Alton T. Moran, Baton Rouge, LA, for Robert Lively.

Charles Edward Riley, William Matthew Blackston, Simon, Peragine, New Orleans, LA, for Allstate Insurance Company as Subrogee of Doris Lively.

Bradley G. Frizzell, David C. Laborde, Lafayette, LA, for Kellee Charles, B.C.A Minor, M.C.A Minor.

Mark L. Aschermann, Houston, TX, for Chester Franklin.

Uchechi Okechukwu Nwakanma, Houston, TX, for Jesus Lopez, Maria Flores.

Lewis Stephen Kahn, Kahn Gauthier Swick, New Orleans, LA, for Paula Vanduzee.

David Winston Ardoin, Matthew F. Block, Block Law Firm, Thibodaux, LA, for Dean Richard.

Natashia Carter Benoit, Patti Durio Hatch, Travis J. Turner, Walter C. Dumas, Baton Rougeq, LA, for Jeremy Wimley.

Philip O. Watts, Watts & Watts, Oklahoma City, OK, for Cherie Vicsek, Todd Vicsek.

Bradley T. Hayes, Natchez, MS, for Mike Thomas, Janie Thomas.

Jeffrey J. Lowe, St. Louis, MO, for Linwood Hall.

William G. Aimonette, Clausen Miller, Chicago, IL, for Edward Foerster an Illinois Resident, for the use and benefit of Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company Cary D. Dooley, Eric D. Cotton, Cathcart and Dooley, Oklahoma City, OK, for Jon Minson, J.D. Morrison.

Richard Wesley Kelley, Christopher B. Hall, Cook, Hall, Atlanta, GA, for Brannon Justice, Erica Justice-Individually and as Next Friend of KMJ, A Minor, KMJ-A Minor, By Next Friend Erica Justice.

Bradley R. Hansmann, Brown & James, St. Louis, MO, Philip T. Carroll, Cozen O'Connor, Chicago, IL, for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Robert T. Dassow, Indianapolis, IN, for Joel Radford.

Bruce N. Moss, Black, Duggan, Troy, MI, for Hanover Insurance Company-On Behalf of Williams Tool and Die Company.

William T. Sebesta, Doyen Sebesta, Houston, TX, for Rose Mary Samano.

Denise M. Anderson, Kristina L. Marsh, Butler Pappas, Tampa, FL, for Hartford Fire Insurance Company, as Subrogee of Donald Bramlage and Janet Bramlage.

Jennifer L. Mahnke, Hasten & Hansen, Jeffrey Hansen, Arlington, TX, for Carla Lewis Mitchell, Carl Mitchell.

Nicole M. Downs, Hoagland, Longo, New Brunswick, NJ, for New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company as Subrogee of Williams Tool and Die Company, Incorporated.

Raphael T. Glapion, Midwest City, OK, for Rhonda K. Hamlin, Vivian J. Hamlin, Terry R. Hamlin.

Kevin Kay Cholakian, San Francisco, CA, for California State Automobile Association.

Alessandro Sabatino, Zeehandelar, Sabatino & Associates, L.L.C., Columbus, OH, for State Farm Fire and Casualty Company.

Christopher Posey, Edward A. Williamson Law Firm, Philadelphia, MS, Justin Strauss Cluck, Smith Whaley, Holly Springs, MS, for Luke Parkes, Tammy Parkes.

Jerry Scarbrough, Killeen, TX, for Rudolpho Reyes, Dominga Reyes.

John Barr, Burt, Barr, Dallas, TX, Matthew Peaire, Butler, Pappas, Tampa, FL, Patricia Dube, Bank of America, Houston, TX, for Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company as Subrogee of Robert Milligan.

Gregory K. Mausser, John Yates Benford, Sanford, FL, Sarah A. Long, Carlton Fields, Orlando, FL, for Janet Bramlage, Donald Bramlage.

Robert B. Smith, Smith and Phelps, Jesup, GA, for John Shaver, Jennifer Shaver, Michael Shaver.

Jennifer L. McCarty, Robert Bishop, Bishop & Associates, Louisville, KY, John J. Carey, Carey & Danis, St. Louis, MO, for Charles Mitchell.

Todd L. Griffin, Little Rock, AR, for Vincent Green.

S. Wayne Easterling, Hattisburg, MS, for Len McCombs, Theresa McCombs.

James Ludlow, Indianapolis, IN, for Ronald Clements.

J. Ryan Heiskell, Bell Legal Group, James E. Bell, Georgetown, SC, for David M. Wise.

Robert Gilchrist, Eisenbert and Gilchrist, Daniel 0. Duffin, Salt Lake City, UT, for Matthew Rindlisbacher, Cheryl Rindlisbacher.

Charles E. Schaub, Mark R. Pharr, Galloway, Johnson, Lafayette, LA, for Allstate Indemnity Insurance Company as Partial Subrogee of Deanna Langlois, Allstate Property and Casualty Company as Partial Subrogee of Deanna Langlois.

Cory S. Fein, Cynthia B. Chapman, Caddell & Chapman, Houston, TX, Jeffrey J. Lowe, Michael Flannery, Carey and Danis, St. Louis, MO, for Nancy Kiger, Carroll S. Pedigo, Raymond E. Pedigo.

Pamela Lewis, pro se.

John B. Hayes, Hayes & Magrini, Oklahoma City, OK, for Universal Underwriters Insurance Company.

Bo Randle Brock, Chris H. Deaton, Deaton & Deaton, Tupelo, MS, for Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company.

Earnestine Alexander, Jackson, MS, for Jimmy Black. Darlene Black.

Robert Gilchrist, Eisenbert and Gilchrist, Salt Lake City, UT, for David A. Brown, Sela Brown.

Marisa L. Saber, Philip T. Carroll, Cozen O'Connor, Chicago, IL, for State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Jason Howes, Kim Howes.

William J. Hoffmann, Grotefeld & Hoffmann, Geneva, IL, fro State Farm Fire and Casualty Company.

H. Evan Williams, Jennifer A. Seidler, Jonathan K. Barger, O'Hagan, Smith, St. Charles, IL, Warren R. Wilkosz, O'Hagan, Smith, St. Charles, MI, for General Casualty Other Judith Vogler Other Michael Vogler.

Francisco J. Rodriguez, Rodriguez & Tovar, McAllen, TX, for San Juanita Hinojosa.

Judith Berkan, Mary Jo Mendez-Vilella, Berkan & Mendez, San Juan, PR, for Jose A. Rodriguez-Reyes, Juan Rodriguez-Acevedo, Urbana Reyes, Nancy Rivera-Cintron, Conjugal Partnership Rodriguez-Rivera.

Charles R. Houssiere, III, Houssiere & Durant, Randal Kauffman, Houston, TX, for Andrea Valuri.

Edward A. Goodman, Jay Max Kilpatrick, Young Williams P.A., Jackson, MS, for State Farm Fire And Casualty Company, Dennis Aultman.

Kimberly Geisler, Scott, Dukes, Birmingham, AL, Kurt F. Hausler, Howard M. Widis, Quick, Widis, Charlotte, NC, for Jerry P. Taylor, USAA General Indemnity Company.

Gilchrist M. Gibson, Shivers and Associates, Alpharetta, GA, for Phoenix Insurance Company; Donna & Barney Justice.

Michael T. Taylor, Thomas X. McAndrew, Siana, Bellwoar & McAndrew, LLP, Chester Springs, PA, for West Penn Township.

John S. Simmons, Columbia, SC, for Justin Parrish, Leslie Parrish.

Steven A. Kluxen, Methfessel & Werbel, Edison, NJ, for Preferred Mutual Insurance Company.

John B. Mesirow, Mesirow And Stravitz, Washington, DC, for Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company.

Lourdes Bernal-Dixon, Daniels, Kashtan, Tampa, FL., for Stasha Northcutt.

Robert Harris Smalley, McCamy, Phillips, Dalton, GA, for Juan Washington Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Blake Simone Washington, and as Next Friend, Representative and Surviving Spouse of Tanika Washington, Deceased, as Next Friend and Guardian of Pryce Washington, Brannon Washington.

Eric D. Miller, Matthew P. Bonham, Miller & McMenamy, Atlanta, GA, for Philip A. Meade.

Todd J. Bialous, Gainsburgh, Benhamin, New Orleans, LA, for Darren Langlois; Individually and on behalf of ML and ML, Minor Children.

Scott M. Keller, Dallas, TX, for Jose Juan Fabel, Gerardo Fabela.

Karen D. Fultz, Cozen O'Connor, Atlanta, GA, for Cotton States Mutual Insurance Co.

Don M. Ely, Jr., Jacksonville, TX, pro se.

Sopa N. Ely, Jacksonville, TX, pro se.

Eric G. Hughes, Wright Berry Hughes & Moore, Arkadelphia, AK, for Shelter Mutual Insurance Company, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Andrew J. McGuinness, Dykema Gossett, Ann Arbor, MI, for Karl Flammer Ford, Incorporated.

Wendy Frank Lumish, Carlton Fields, Miami, FL, for Sawgrass Ford, Incorporated.

Adolfo R. Rodriguez, Basheer Ghorayeb, Christy L. Naylor, Wilson C. Aurbach, Dallas, TX, Alessandra Maria Rosa-Tirado, Guzman & Steffens, Alison D. Kennamer, Manuel A. Guzman-Rodriguez, Guzman & Steffens, San Juan, PR, Allen V. Davis, Hilliard F. Kelly, Michael B. Alker, Philip A. Dominique, Robert William Maxwell, McCranie Sistrunk, Covington, LA, Andrew B. Cooke, Susan W. Romaine, Flaherty, Sensabaugh, Charleston, WV, Andrew L. Richardson, Barbara E. Cordell, Mary Quinn-Cooper, Vani Singhal, William S. Leach, Eldridge, Cooper, Tulsa, OK, Barry Wayne Ford, Everett E. White, Robert Ferris Walker, Walker W. Jones, Baker, Donelson, Jackson, MS, Bryon J. Benevento, Christopher J. Martinez, Snell & Wilmer, Salt Lake City, UT, Charles S. Ofstein, James Daniel Sloan, Michael J. Borree, Donohue, Brown, Chicago, IL, Charles Kyle Reed, McLendon West Garrett, Michael R. Boorman, Suneel C. Gupta, Thomas J. Strueber, McKenna, Long,

Atlanta, GA, Christopher Kiger, Smith, Anderson, Raleigh, NC, Damond Kelly Garza, Prichard, Hawkins, San Antonio, TX, David C. Marshall, Turner, Padget, Columbia, SC, Deborah Jean Bullion, McGlinchey, Stafford, Sugan Land, TX, Denis P. Riva, Bowmand And Brooke, Richmond, VA, Elizabeth B. Wright, Thompson, Hine, Cleveland, OH, Evan N. Kramer, Thompson, Coe, Joseph A. Callier, Callier & Garza, William R. Moye, Thompson, Coe, Houston, TX, Francis M. McDonald, Joshua D. Moore, Sarah A. Long, Scott A. Richman, Carlton Fields, Orlando, FL, Grant T. McFarland, Prichard, Hawkins, San Antonio, TX, J. Randolph Bibb, Sarah C. McBride, Waller, Landsen, Nashville, TN, James C. Rather, McCranie, Sistrunk, Metairie, LA, Jeffrey J. Mortier, Joshua B. Fleming, Kevin C. Schiferl, Locke Reynolds, Indianapolis, IN, Jeffrey D. Wood, Wright, Lindsey, Little Rock, AR, John A. McCauley, Venable, Baltimore, MD, Kevin M. Murphy, Thompson, Miller, Louisville, KY, Kristen Dennison, Campbell, Campbell, Wayne, PA, Matthew James Growcock, Springfield, MO, Michele Noble, Thompson Hine, Columbus, OH, Penelope A. Dixon, Carlton Fields, Tampa, FL, Peter B. Hoffman, Baker & Sterchi, Thomas J. Palazzolo, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO, Randall D. Haimovici, Sheila M. Salomon, Shook, Hardy, San Francisco, CA, Robert W. Sauser, Baker, Donelson, Chattanooga, TN, Ronald D. Wamsted, Thompson, Coe, Austin, TX, Thomas M. Hanson, Dykema Gossett, Ann Arbor, MI, Tiffany M. Alexander, Campbell, Campbell, Woodbury, NJ, Timothy Kuhn, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, for Ford Motor Company.

Steve Charles Dollinger, Preston & Cowan, Houston, TX, for Trailer Wheel and Frame Company.

Bradley James Bulthuis, Colin P. Smith, Holland and Knight, Chicago, IL, Eric J.

Mayer, Susman Godfrey, Houston, TX, Alfred B. Adams, Holland & Knight, Altanta, GA, for Texas Instruments, Incorporated, Cavin's Auto Sales, Sensata Technologies, Incorporated.

Alfred B. Adams, Holland & Knight, Altanta, GA, Keith D. Munson, Womble, Carlyle, Greenville, SC, Robert J. Beckham, Holland & Knight, Jacksonville, FL, Sean P. McDonough, Dougherty, Leventhal, Moosic, PA, Toby M. McKinstry, Tomlinson and O'Connell, Oklahoma City, OK, for Texas Instruments, Incorporated.

Brian Hensley, Thompson, Coe, Austin, TX, for Auto, Etc., Limited.

Terry Carnes, Dallas, TX, for East Ford, Incorporated, Progressive Insurance Company.

Heather MacGregor Hawkins, Thompson, Hine, Cincinnati, OH, Alison D. Kennamer, Rodriguez, Colvin, Brownsville, TX, Barry J. Goodman, Goodman Acker, Southfield, MI, for Ford Motor Company Speed Control Deactivation Switch Products Liability.

Gary M. Farmer, Jr., Freedland, Farmer, Weston, FL, for Brenda Shaver.


OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS FOURTH AMENDED MASTER COMPLAINT

BERNARD A. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiffs have filed a Fourth Amended Master Complaint ("FAMC"), which Defendant seeks to dismiss. The FAMC alleges different claims for two separate groups of plaintiffs: i) the non-incident or "los of use" plaintiffs assert Counts 1-3; and ii) the incident...

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