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BLOCK v. TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.

Civil Nos. 10-2802 ADM/AJB, 10-2803 ADM/AJB, 10-2804 ADM/AJB, 10-2805 ADM/AJB.

795 F.Supp.2d 880 (2011)

Angela BLOCK, as Trustee for the Next of Kin of J.A., a minor, deceased, J.A. a minor, by her mother and natural guardian, Angela Block; and Angela Block, individually, Plaintiffs, v. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION; Toyota Motor North America, Inc.; Calty Design Research, Inc.; Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.; Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.; Brooklyn Park Motors, Inc., Defendants. Catrina Trice-Adams, as Trustee for the Next of Kin of Javis Demar Trice-Adams, Sr., Decedent and as Next Friend of J.D.T. 1, J.D.T. 2 and J.D.T. 3, Minor Children, Plaintiff, v. Toyota Motor Corporation; Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.; Toyota Motor North America, Inc.; Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.; Calty Design Research, Inc.; Brooklyn Park Motors, Inc.; Andrea Rose Sebenaler, Defendants. Bridgette Trice, Individually and as Trustee for the Heirs and Next of Kin of D.D.B., Deceased, Plaintiff, and Koua Fong Lee, Panghoua Moua, Nhia Koua Lee, Nong Lee, Y. (a minor) Lee, J. (a minor) Lee, A.P.L., Y.L., Plaintiff-Intervenors, and American Family Mutual Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Second Intervenors, v. Toyota Motor Corporation; Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.; Toyota Motor North America, Inc.; Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.; Calty Design Research, Inc.; Brooklyn Park Motors, Inc., Defendants. Quincy Ray Adams, Plaintiff, and Koua Fong Lee, Panghoua Moua, Nhia Koua Lee, Nong Lee, A.P.L., Y.L., Y.L., a minor, J.L., a minor, Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. Toyota Motor Corporation; Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.; Toyota Motor North America, Inc.; Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.; Calty Design Research, Inc.; Brooklyn Park Motors, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

June 13, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Collignon Gunn, Esq. , and John G. Simon, Esq. , The Simon Law Firm, PC, St. Louis, MO; and Paige J. Donnelly, Esq. , and Sheila K. Donnelly-Coyne, Esq. , Paige J. Donnelly, Ltd., St. Paul, MN, on behalf of Plaintiff Angela Block.

Robert J. Patterson, Esq. , and Alan Clifton Gordon, Esq. , Watts Guerra Craft, LLP, Corpus Christi, TX; Mikal C. Watts, Esq. , Watts Law Firm, LLP, Corpus Christi, TX; and Michael D. Swor , Swor & Gatto, PA, St. Paul, MN on behalf of Plaintiff Catrina Trice-Adams.

Kenneth R. White, Esq. , Law Office of Kenneth R. White, PC, Mankato, MN; Christopher D. Stock, Esq. , Jean M. Geoppinger, Esq. , Stanley Morris Chesley, Esq. , and Wilbert B. Markovits, Esq. , Waite Schneider Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH; and Michael B. Padden, Esq. , Padden & Associates LLC, St. Paul, MN on behalf of Plaintiff Bridgette Trice.

Robert C. Hilliard, Esq. , Hilliard Munoz Gonzales LLP, Corpus Christi, TX; Kathryn Snapka, Esq. , The Snapka Law Firm, Corpus Christi, TX; and Brent S. Schafer , Schafer Law Firm, PA, Eagan, MN, on behalf of Plaintiff-Intervenors.

Forrest G. Hopper, Esq. , and Kevin J. Kennedy, Esq. , Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen S.C., Oakdale, MN, and Lori Jones Blangger, Esq. , Williams & Mahoney, LLC, Beverly, MA, on behalf of Plaintiff-Second Intervenor American Family Mutual Insurance Company.

John D. Sear, Esq. , Bard D. Borkon, Esq. , Lawrence C. Mann, Esq. , Nathan J. Marcusen, Esq. , and Theodore Dorenkamp, Esq. , Bowman & Brooke, LLP, Minneapolis, MN and Troy, MI, on behalf of Defendants Toyota Motor Corporation; Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., Toyota Motor North America, Inc.; Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc.; and Calty Design Research, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ANN D. MONTGOMERY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION1

On April 19, 2011, the undersigned United States District Judge heard oral argument on Plaintiff Angela Block's ("Block") Motion for Leave to Amend Their Original Complaint [Block Docket No. 81];2 Plaintiff Catrina Trice-Adams' ("Trice-Adams") Motion for...

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