FRANCIS v. GENERAL MOTORS, LLC

Case Number 19-11044, Case Number 19-12371.

504 F.Supp.3d 659 (2020)

Richard FRANCIS, Wesley Won, Dennis Speerly, Joseph Siercio, Michael Plafker, Howard Young, and Darrin Degrand, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS, LLC, Defendant. Marisella Gutierrez, Jimmy Harman, Mark Kidd, and James Norvell, Plaintiffs, v. General Motors, LLC, Defendant.

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

Signed November 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth M. Rivers , Michael L. Pitt , Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers, Royal Oak, MI, Douglas James McNamara , Julia Ann Horwitz , Cohen Milstein Sellers and Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, Steven G. Calamusa , Gordon & Partners, PA, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Plaintiffs Richard Francis, Wesley Won, Dennis Speerly, Joseph Sierchio, Michael Plafker, Howard Young, Darrin Degrand.

Mark A. Ozzello , Tarek H. Zohdy , Capstone Law, APC, Los Angeles, CA, Amey J. Park , Russell D. Paul , Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, Julia Ann Horwitz , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Plaintiffs Keith Shelton, Karen Shelton.

Amey J. Park , Russell D. Paul , Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, Julia Ann Horwitz , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC, Steven G. Calamusa , Gordon & Partners, PA, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Plaintiff Daniel Drain.

Julia Ann Horwitz , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Plaintiffs Wavers Smith, Christopher Giles.

Amey J. Park , Russell D. Paul , Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, Julia Ann Horwitz , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Plaintiffs Richard Freeman, Samuel Ford, Colton Kelly.

Daniel E. Gustafson , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Minneapolis, MN, E. Powell Miller , Emily E. Hughes , Sharon S. Almonrode , William Kalas , Dennis A. Lienhardt , The Miller Law Firm, P.C., Rochester, MI, Joseph H. Meltzer , Melissa L. Troutner , Natalie Lesser , Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA, Julia Ann Horwitz , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Plaintiff Louis Ray.

Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Steven G. Calamusa , Gordon & Partners, PA, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Julia Ann Horwitz , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Dennis Duffy, Richard Sullivan, Daniel Baptist, John Iasiello, Benjy Tompkins, Jay Hull, Guy Clark, Michael Sylvester, William Grossman, Carl Johnsen, Jeffrey Rice, Jason "Kevin" Sinclair, Nicolette Covey, Timothy Grafrath, Tait Thomas, James Paul Browne, William Fredo, Jon Ellard, Richard Noonan, Arif Shakoor, Richard "Terry" Shope, Rhianna Meyers, Randall Jacobs, Michael Ponder, Karina Fredo, Marc Mazza, Jimmy Flowers, Neil Ambrosio, Steven Brack, Charles Larsen, Clyde Cheng, Brian Lloyd.

Gretchen Freeman Cappio , Ryan Patrick McDevitt , Lynn L. Sarko , Tana Lin , Maxwell Holt Goins , Keller Rohrback LLP, Seattle, WA, Julia Ann Horwitz , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Plaintiffs Marisella Gutierrez, Jimmy Harman, Mark Kidd, James Norvell.

Amey J. Park , Russell D. Paul , Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, Cody R. Padgett , Steven R. Weinmann , Tarek H. Zohdy , Capstone Law, APC, Los Angeles, CA, Julia Ann Horwitz , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Plaintiffs Michael Banks, Phil Houk, Maria Barallardos, Chi Kim Ho, Philip Whicker, Charles Aiken, Donald Dykshorn, Donald Sicura, Christopher Krull.

Gretchen Freeman Cappio , Ryan Patrick McDevitt , Maxwell Holt Goins , Keller Rohrback LLP, Seattle, WA, Julia Ann Horwitz , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Plaintiffs Taurus King, Cary Sherrow, Kevin Wesley.

Dennis A. Lienhardt , Sharon S. Almonrode , William Kalas , E. Powell Miller , Emily E. Hughes , The Miller Law Firm, P.C., Rochester, MI, Joseph H. Meltzer , Melissa L. Troutner , Natalie Lesser , Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA, Julia Ann Horwitz , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Plaintiffs Kimberly Coulson, Troy Coulson, Andre McQuade, Philip Weeks.

Grant A. Newman , Stephanie A. Douglas , Bush Seyferth PLLC, Troy, MI, Jared Alexander Levine , Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY, Jerome Albert Murphy , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, MI, Kathleen T. Sooy , Rachel Paige Raphael , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, for defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS

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