IN RE HYUNDAI AND KIA FUEL ECONOMY LITIGATION

No. 15-56014, No. 15-56025, No. 15-56059, No. 15-56061, No. 15-56064, No. 15-56067.

926 F.3d 539 (2019)

IN RE HYUNDAI AND KIA FUEL ECONOMY LITIGATION, Kehlie R. Espinosa; Nicole Marie Hunter; Jeremy Wilton; Kaylene P. Brady; Gunther Krauth; Eric Graewingholt; Reece Philip Thomson; Alex Maturani; Nilufar Rezai; Jack Rottner; Lydia Kievit; Rebecca Sanders; Bobby Brandon Armstrong; Sergio Torres; Richard Woodruff; Marshall Lawrence Gordon; Joel A. Lipman; James Gudgalis; Mary P. Hoessler; Stephen M. Hayes; Brian Reeves; Sam Hammond; Mark Leggett; Edwin Naythons; Michael Washburn; Ira D. Dunst; Brian Weber; Kamneel Maharaj; Kim Iocovozzi; Herbert J. Young; Linda Hasper; Leslie Bayard; Tricia Fellers; Orlando Elliott; James Bonsignore; Margaret Setser; Guillermo Quiroz; Douglas Kurash; Andres Carullo; Laura S. Sutta; Georgia L. Thomas; Eric J. Olson; Jennifer Myers; Tom Woodward; Jerold Terhost; Cameron John Cestaro; Donald Brown; Maria Figueroa; Constance Martyn; Thomas Ganim; Daniel Baldeschi; Lillian E. Levoff; Giuseppina Roberto; Robert Trader; Sean Goldsberry; Cynthia Navarro; Owen Chapman; Michael Brein; Travis Brissey; Ronald Burkard; Adam Cloutier; Steven Craig; John J. Dixson; Erin L. Fanthorpe; Eric Hadesh; Michael P. Keeth; John Kirk MacDonald; Michael Mandahl; Nicholas McDaniel; Mary J. Moran-Spicuzza; Gary Pincas; Brandon Potter; Thomas Purdy; Rocco Renghini; Michelle Singlteon; Ken Smiley; Gregory M. Sonstein; Roman Starno; Gayle A. Stephenson; Andres Villicana; Richard Williams; Bradford L. Hirsch; Ashley Cephas; David E. Hill; Chad McKinney; Mordechai Schiffer; Lisa Sands; Donald Kendig; Kevin Gobel; Eric Larson; Lin McKinney; Ryan Cross; Phillip Hoffman; Debra Simmons; Abelardo Morales; Peter Blumer; Carolyn Hammond; Melissa Leggett; Kelly Moffett; Evan Grogan; Carlos Medina; Alberto Dominguez; Catherine Bernard; Michael Breien; Laura Gill; Thomas Schille; Judith Stanton; Randy Rickert; Bryan Zirkel; James Kundrat; Robert Smith; Maria Kotova; Josipa Casey; Luan Snyder; Ben Baker; Brian Nguyen; Hattie Williams; Bill Holvey; Lourdes Vargas; Kendall Snyder; Nomer Medina; Sameria Goff; Ursula Pyland; Marcell Chapman; Kaye Kurash; Holly Amromin; John Chapman; Mary D'Angelo; George Rudy; Ayman Mousa; Shelly Henderson; Jeffrey Hathaway; Dennis J. Murphy; Douglas A. Patterson; John Gentry; Linda Ruth Scott; Danielle Kay Gilleland; Joseph Bowe; Michael Desouto, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Greg Direnzo, Petitioner-Appellee, Hyundai Motor America; Kia Motors America; Kia Motors Corporation; Grossinger Autoplex, Inc., fka Grossinger Hyundai; John Krafcik; Hyundai Motor Company; Sarah Kundrat, Defendants-Appellees, v. Caitlin Ahearn; Andrew York, Objectors-Appellants. In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation, Kehlie R. Espinosa; Nicole Marie Hunter; Jeremy Wilton; Kaylene P. Brady; Gunther Krauth; Eric Graewingholt; Reece Philip Thomson; Alex Maturani; Nilufar Rezai; Jack Rottner; Lydia Kievit; Rebecca Sanders; Bobby Brandon Armstrong; Sergio Torres; Richard Woodruff; Marshall Lawrence Gordon; Joel A. Lipman; James Gudgalis; Mary P. Hoessler; Stephen M. Hayes; Brian Reeves; Sam Hammond; Mark Leggett; Edwin Naythons; Michael Washburn; Ira D. Dunst; Brian Weber; Kamneel Maharaj; Kim Iocovozzi; Herbert J. Young; Linda Hasper; Leslie Bayard; Tricia Fellers; Orlando Elliott; James Bonsignore; Margaret Setser; Guillermo Quiroz; Douglas Kurash; Andres Carullo; Laura S. Sutta; Georgia L. Thomas; Eric J. Olson; Jennifer Myers; Tom Woodward; Jerold Terhost; Cameron John Cestaro; Donald Brown; Maria Figueroa; Constance Martyn; Thomas Ganim; Daniel Baldeschi; Lillian E. Levoff; Giuseppina Roberto; Robert Trader; Sean Goldsberry; Cynthia Navarro; Owen Chapman; Michael Brein; Travis Brissey; Ronald Burkard; Adam Cloutier; Steven Craig; John J. Dixson; Erin L. Fanthorpe; Eric Hadesh; Michael P. Keeth; John Kirk MacDonald; Michael Mandahl; Nicholas McDaniel; Mary J. Moran-Spicuzza; Gary Pincas; Brandon Potter; Thomas Purdy; Rocco Renghini; Michelle Singlteon; Ken Smiley; Gregory M. Sonstein; Roman Starno; Gayle A. Stephenson; Andres Villicana; Richard Williams; Bradford L. Hirsch; Ashley Cephas; David E. Hill; Chad McKinney; Mordechai Schiffer; Lisa Sands; Donald Kendig; Kevin Gobel; Eric Larson; Lin McKinney; Ryan Cross; Phillip Hoffman; Debra Simmons; Abelardo Morales; Peter Blumer; Carolyn Hammond; Melissa Leggett; Kelly Moffett; Evan Grogan; Carlos Medina; Alberto Dominguez; Catherine Bernard; Michael Breien; Laura Gill; Thomas Schille; Judith Stanton; Randy Rickert; Bryan Zirkel; James Kundrat; Robert Smith; Maria Kotova; Josipa Casey; Luan Snyder; Ben Baker; Brian Nguyen; Hattie Williams; Bill Holvey; Lourdes Vargas; Kendall Snyder; Nomer Medina; Sameria Goff; Ursula Pyland; Marcell Chapman; Kaye Kurash; Holly Amromin; John Chapman; Mary D'Angelo; George Rudy; Ayman Mousa; Shelly Henderson; Jeffrey Hathaway; Dennis J. Murphy; Douglas A. Patterson; John Gentry; Linda Ruth Scott; Danielle Kay Gilleland; Joseph Bowe; Michael Desouto, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Greg Direnzo, Petitioner-Appellee, Hyundai Motor America; Kia Motors America; Kia Motors Corporation; Grossinger Autoplex, Inc., fka Grossinger Hyundai; John Krafcik; Hyundai Motor Company; Sarah Kundrat, Defendants-Appellees, v. Antonio Sberna, Objector-Appellant. In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation, Kehlie R. Espinosa; Nicole Marie Hunter; Jeremy Wilton; Kaylene P. Brady; Gunther Krauth; Eric Graewingholt; Reece Philip Thomson; Alex Maturani; Nilufar Rezai; Jack Rottner; Lydia Kievit; Rebecca Sanders; Bobby Brandon Armstrong; Sergio Torres; Richard Woodruff; Marshall Lawrence Gordon; Joel A. Lipman; James Gudgalis; Mary P. Hoessler; Stephen M. Hayes; Brian Reeves; Sam Hammond; Mark Leggett; Edwin Naythons; Michael Washburn; Ira D. Dunst; Brian Weber; Kamneel Maharaj; Kim Iocovozzi; Herbert J. Young; Linda Hasper; Leslie Bayard; Tricia Fellers; Orlando Elliott; James Bonsignore; Margaret Setser; Guillermo Quiroz; Douglas Kurash; Andres Carullo; Laura S. Sutta; Georgia L. Thomas; Eric J. Olson; Jennifer Myers; Tom Woodward; Jerold Terhost; Cameron John Cestaro; Donald Brown; Maria Figueroa; Constance Martyn; Thomas Ganim; Daniel Baldeschi; Lillian E. Levoff; Giuseppina Roberto; Robert Trader; Sean Goldsberry; Cynthia Navarro; Owen Chapman; Michael Brein; Travis Brissey; Ronald Burkard; Adam Cloutier; Steven Craig; John J. Dixson; Erin L. Fanthorpe; Eric Hadesh; Michael P. Keeth; John Kirk MacDonald; Michael Mandahl; Nicholas McDaniel; Mary J. Moran-Spicuzza; Gary Pincas; Brandon Potter; Thomas Purdy; Rocco Renghini; Michelle Singlteon; Ken Smiley; Gregory M. Sonstein; Roman Starno; Gayle A. Stephenson; Andres Villicana; Richard Williams; Bradford L. Hirsch; Ashley Cephas; David E. Hill; Chad McKinney; Mordechai Schiffer; Lisa Sands; Donald Kendig; Kevin Gobel; Eric Larson; Lin McKinney; Ryan Cross; Phillip Hoffman; Debra Simmons; Abelardo Morales; Peter Blumer; Carolyn Hammond; Melissa Leggett; Kelly Moffett; Evan Grogan; Carlos Medina; Alberto Dominguez; Catherine Bernard; Michael Breien; Laura Gill; Thomas Schille; Judith Stanton; Randy Rickert; Bryan Zirkel; James Kundrat; Robert Smith; Maria Kotova; Josipa Casey; Luan Snyder; Ben Baker; Brian Nguyen; Hattie Williams; Bill Holvey; Lourdes Vargas; Kendall Snyder; Nomer Medina; Sameria Goff; Ursula Pyland; Marcell Chapman; Kaye Kurash; Holly Amromin; John Chapman; Mary D'Angelo; George Rudy; Ayman Mousa; Shelly Henderson; Jeffrey Hathaway; Dennis J. Murphy; Douglas A. Patterson; John Gentry; Linda Ruth Scott; Danielle Kay Gilleland; Joseph Bowe; Michael Desouto, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Greg Direnzo, Petitioner-Appellee, Hyundai Motor America; Kia Motors America; Kia Motors Corporation; Grossinger Autoplex, Inc., fka Grossinger Hyundai; John Krafcik; Hyundai Motor Company; Sarah Kundrat, Defendants-Appellees, v. Peri Fetsch, Objector-Appellant. In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation, Kehlie R. Espinosa; Nicole Marie Hunter; Jeremy Wilton; Kaylene P. Brady; Gunther Krauth; Eric Graewingholt; Reece Philip Thomson; Alex Maturani; Nilufar Rezai; Jack Rottner; Lydia Kievit; Rebecca Sanders; Bobby Brandon Armstrong; Sergio Torres; Richard Woodruff; Marshall Lawrence Gordon; Joel A. Lipman; James Gudgalis; Mary P. Hoessler; Stephen M. Hayes; Brian Reeves; Sam Hammond; Mark Leggett; Edwin Naythons; Michael Washburn; Ira D. Dunst; Brian Weber; Kamneel Maharaj; Kim Iocovozzi; Herbert J. Young; Linda Hasper; Leslie Bayard; Tricia Fellers; Orlando Elliott; James Bonsignore; Margaret Setser; Guillermo Quiroz; Douglas Kurash; Andres Carullo; Laura S. Sutta; Georgia L. Thomas; Eric J. Olson; Jennifer Myers; Tom Woodward; Jerold Terhost; Cameron John Cestaro; Donald Brown; Maria Figueroa; Constance Martyn; Thomas Ganim; Daniel Baldeschi; Lillian E. Levoff; Giuseppina Roberto; Robert Trader; Sean Goldsberry; Cynthia Navarro; Owen Chapman; Michael Brein; Travis Brissey; Ronald Burkard; Adam Cloutier; Steven Craig; John J. Dixson; Erin L. Fanthorpe; Eric Hadesh; Michael P. Keeth; John Kirk MacDonald; Michael Mandahl; Nicholas McDaniel; Mary J. Moran-Spicuzza; Gary Pincas; Brandon Potter; Thomas Purdy; Rocco Renghini; Michelle Singlteon; Ken Smiley; Gregory M. Sonstein; Roman Starno; Gayle A. Stephenson; Andres Villicana; Richard Williams; Bradford L. Hirsch; Ashley Cephas; David E. Hill; Chad McKinney; Mordechai Schiffer; Lisa Sands; Donald Kendig; Kevin Gobel; Eric Larson; Lin McKinney; Ryan Cross; Phillip Hoffman; Debra Simmons; Abelardo Morales; Peter Blumer; Carolyn Hammond; Melissa Leggett; Kelly Moffett; Evan Grogan; Carlos Medina; Alberto Dominguez; Catherine Bernard; Michael Breien; Laura Gill; Thomas Schille; Judith Stanton; Randy Rickert; Bryan Zirkel; James Kundrat; Robert Smith; Maria Kotova; Josipa Casey; Luan Snyder; Ben Baker; Brian Nguyen; Hattie Williams; Bill Holvey; Lourdes Vargas; Kendall Snyder; Nomer Medina; Sameria Goff; Ursula Pyland; Marcell Chapman; Kaye Kurash; Holly Amromin; John Chapman; Mary D'Angelo; George Rudy; Ayman Mousa; Shelly Henderson; Jeffrey Hathaway; Dennis J. Murphy; Douglas A. Patterson; John Gentry; Linda Ruth Scott; Danielle Kay Gilleland; Joseph Bowe; Michael Desouto, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Greg Direnzo, Petitioner-Appellee, Hyundai Motor America; Kia Motors America; Kia Motors Corporation; Grossinger Autoplex, Inc., fka Grossinger Hyundai; John Krafcik; Hyundai Motor Company; Sarah Kundrat, Defendants-Appellees, v. Dana Roland, Objector-Appellant. In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation, Kehlie R. Espinosa; Nicole Marie Hunter; Jeremy Wilton; Kaylene P. Brady; Gunther Krauth; Eric Graewingholt; Reece Philip Thomson; Alex Maturani; Nilufar Rezai; Jack Rottner; Lydia Kievit; Rebecca Sanders; Bobby Brandon Armstrong; Sergio Torres; Richard Woodruff; Marshall Lawrence Gordon; Joel A. Lipman; James Gudgalis; Mary P. Hoessler; Stephen M. Hayes; Brian Reeves; Sam Hammond; Mark Leggett; Edwin Naythons; Michael Washburn; Ira D. Dunst; Brian Weber; Kamneel Maharaj; Kim Iocovozzi; Herbert J. Young; Linda Hasper; Leslie Bayard; Tricia Fellers; Orlando Elliott; James Bonsignore; Margaret Setser; Guillermo Quiroz; Douglas Kurash; Andres Carullo; Laura S. Sutta; Georgia L. Thomas; Eric J. Olson; Jennifer Myers; Tom Woodward; Jerold Terhost; Cameron John Cestaro; Donald Brown; Maria Figueroa; Constance Martyn; Thomas Ganim; Daniel Baldeschi; Lillian E. Levoff; Giuseppina Roberto; Robert Trader; Sean Goldsberry; Cynthia Navarro; Owen Chapman; Michael Brein; Travis Brissey; Ronald Burkard; Adam Cloutier; Steven Craig; John J. Dixson; Erin L. Fanthorpe; Eric Hadesh; Michael P. Keeth; John Kirk MacDonald; Michael Mandahl; Nicholas McDaniel; Mary J. Moran-Spicuzza; Gary Pincas; Brandon Potter; Thomas Purdy; Rocco Renghini; Michelle Singlteon; Ken Smiley; Gregory M. Sonstein; Roman Starno; Gayle A. Stephenson; Andres Villicana; Richard Williams; Bradford L. Hirsch; Ashley Cephas; David E. Hill; Chad McKinney; Mordechai Schiffer; Lisa Sands; Donald Kendig; Kevin Gobel; Eric Larson; Lin McKinney; Ryan Cross; Phillip Hoffman; Debra Simmons; Abelardo Morales; Peter Blumer; Carolyn Hammond; Melissa Leggett; Kelly Moffett; Evan Grogan; Carlos Medina; Alberto Dominguez; Catherine Bernard; Michael Breien; Laura Gill; Thomas Schille; Judith Stanton; Randy Rickert; Bryan Zirkel; James Kundrat; Robert Smith; Maria Kotova; Josipa Casey; Luan Snyder; Ben Baker; Brian Nguyen; Hattie Williams; Bill Holvey; Lourdes Vargas; Kendall Snyder; Nomer Medina; Sameria Goff; Ursula Pyland; Marcell Chapman; Kaye Kurash; Holly Amromin; John Chapman; Mary D'Angelo; George Rudy; Ayman Mousa; Shelly Henderson; Jeffrey Hathaway; Dennis J. Murphy; Douglas A. Patterson; John Gentry; Danielle Kay Gilleland; Joseph Bowe; Michael Desouto, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Greg Direnzo, Petitioner-Appellee, Hyundai Motor America; Kia Motors America; Kia Motors Corporation; Grossinger Autoplex, Inc., fka Grossinger Hyundai; John Krafcik; Hyundai Motor Company; Sarah Kundrat, Defendants-Appellees. v. Linda Ruth Scott, Objector-Appellant. In re Hyundai and Kia Fuel Economy Litigation, John Gentry; Linda Ruth Scott; Danielle Kay Gilleland; Joseph Bowe; Michael Desouto, Plaintiffs, and James Ben Feinman, Appellant, v. Hyundai Motor America; Kia Motors America; Kia Motors Corporation; Grossinger Autoplex, Inc., fka Grossinger Hyundai; John Krafcik; Hyundai Motor Company; Sarah Kundrat, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Feinman , (argued), James B. Feinman & Associates, Lynchburg, Virginia, for Appellants James Ben Feinman, John Gentry, Linda Ruth Scott, Danielle Kay Gilleland, Joseph Bowe, Michael Desouto.

Edward W. Cochran , Shaker Heights , Ohio; John J. Pentz , Sudbury, Massachusetts; for Appellants Caitlin Ahearn and Andrew York.

Steve A. Miller , Steve A. Miller P.C., Denver, Colorado, for Appellant Antonio Sberna.

Matthew Kurilich , Tustin, California, for Appellant Peri Fetsch.

Dennis D. Gibson , Gibson Law Firm, Dallas, Texas, for Appellant Dana Roland.

James S. Azadian , (argued) Benjamin W. Jeffers , Dommond E. Lonnie , and Brian H. Newman , Dykema Gossett LLC, Los Angeles, California, for Appellees Kia Motors America Inc. and Kia Motors Corp.

Shon Morgan , (argued) and Joseph R. Ashby , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Los Angeles, California; Karin Kramer , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, San Francisco, California; Dean Hansell , Hogan Lovells LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Appellees Hyundai Motor America and Hyundai Motor Co.

Steve W. Berman , (argued), Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Robert B. Carey , and John M. DeStefano , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Phoenix, Arizona, for Appellees Kaylene P. Brady and Nicole Marie Hunter.

Elaine S. Kusel , Basking Ridge; Richard D. McCune , McCuneWright LLP, Redlands, California; for Appellees Kehlie R. Espinosa, Lilian E. Levoff, Thomas Ganim, and Daniel Baldeschi.

Christopher E. Appel , Philip S. Goldberg , and Cary Silverman , Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Association of Global Automakers and American Tort Reform Association.

Katherine I. McBride , Jason L. Lichtman , and Jonathan D. Selbin , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, New York, New York; Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Roger N. Heller , and Michael W. Sobol , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, San Francisco, California; for Amici Curiae Public Justice, National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumer Law Center, and The Impact Fund.

Ryan H. Wu , and Glenn Danas , Capstone Law APC, Los Angeles, California; Mark S. Greenstone , and Jonathan M. Rotter , Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Amici Curiae Hon. Stephen G. Larson (Ret.) and Professor David Rosenberg.

Dissent by Judge Ikuta


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