CHIN v. CHRYSLER LLC

No. 07-2760.

538 F.3d 272 (2008)

David CHIN; Kevin L. Sullivan; Marvin Kirschenbaum; Bruce McCutcheon; Debra Dodge; Kevin L. Dodge; Howard Barkan; Bessie Coyne; George Higgins; Julie Szabos; Jim Coffey; Claude Meyer; Susan Robins; Al Zeidler; Fran Strykowski; Jeff Bradley; Jerry Green; Tony Sanchez; Kenneth E. Nealy; Craig M. Dinsmore; David P. Yexley; Ed Mikoloajczyk; Martha Singleton; Calvin M. Singleton; Howard G. Saul; Scott A. Hollenbeck; Bernard Simelton; William Knueven; Gary Berner; John D. James; Mary M. Gaar; Dave Andrews; Dennis Beam; Carolyn A. Butler; Greg Carps; Chris Clarkson; Cynthia Cooper; Byrce Custodio; Sgt. Christopher B. Dye; Karen Elliott; Karen Fallis; Kimberly S. Fish; Darlene Fluker; Steve Foley; William Fowler;J.V. Franck; Thomas E. Gardner; Raymond C. Gomez; Benjamin M. Gosswiller; Mark Goza; J.E. Gravenmier; Jim Green; Sharon Green; Jean E. Grimm; Dr. Mark Handle; Mary Lynn Handle; Hyman Hass; James B. Hasty; Jean Palmer Heck; Doug Heins; Anthony A. Helm; Brenda L. Helm; Carey E. Hidaka; Eric Holmgren; Ron Hommelson; Nan Hutchins; Charles Jabbonsky; George R. Jones; Lula Jones; Robert Jones; Daniel G. Kagan; James E. Kay; Barbara A. Kay; Charles Kelley; Steve Kelly; James Kemp; Vicky Kemp; Thomas F. Kinder; Lloyd J. King; Marvin Kitchen; Delores Kitchen; Dr. Lora Kravec; Dr. Thomas Kravec; Michelle Lesse; Timothy Malone; Lori Malone; Mike McInerney; C. Stuart McPherson; AAA Realty, Inc.; Willene Mitchell; Nancy Molhagen; Walter H. Moorer, Jr.; Leonard Nelson; Kenneth H. Norris; Khaleel Nurideen; Cynthia Olsen; Maureen O'Neil; David C. Polich; Susan L. Pomeroy; David Price; Norman Revolinski; Robert T. Reyes; James Reynolds; Kathy Schofield; Walter Semchyshyn; Fred Shimizu; Nancy Shimizu; Loreine Simopoulos; Bernie K. Sloane; Paul T. Smith; Eric Stoppa; Debbie Stoppa; Sheila T. Straub; Mark Sudfeld; Joseph Tucker; Rose Tucker; Peter F. Von Savoye, Ii; Ernest C. Walsh; Frank Wallace (Wally) Bromberg; Paul Nelson Ware; Sonnie Washington; Kermit Workman; Sandra Workman; Lana Andrews; Roger Gauthier; Gilberg Helwig; Tony Oliver; Barbara Oliver; Ernest T. Oddo; Donald Bailey; Lillian Bailey; Marvin Weirich; Freddie A. Tate; Linda T. Nelson; Nancy Wood Loening; Stephen Cline; Terri Cline; James Peters; v. CHRYSLER LLC, Appellant. (Per Clerk's Order 10/24/07).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: August 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Brian Hufford, Esq. (Argued), Pomerantz, Haudek, Block, Grossman & Gross, New York, NY, and Bruce D. Greenberg, Esq., Allyn Z. Lite, Esq., Lite, De Palma, Greenberg & Rivas, Newark, NJ, for Appellant.

Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Esq. (Argued), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, CA, and Thomas R. Curtin, Esq., Graham Curtin, Morristown, NJ, for Appellees.

Before: SLOVITER, BARRY and ROTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BARRY, Circuit Judge.

Appellees are a putative class of owners of cars manufactured by appellant, Chrysler LLC ("Chrysler"). Almost thirteen years ago, they brought a products-liability action against Chrysler, claiming that certain braking systems in Chrysler's cars were defective. More specifically, in a complaint that was later amended three times, appellees asserted a cause of action under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty-Federal

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