Christi Brown v. Ford Motor Company et al
Plaintiff: Christi Brown
Defendant: Does 1 through 10, inclusive, Ford Motor Company and Raceway Ford
Case Number: 2:2018cv04190
Filed: May 18, 2018
Court: US District Court for the Central District of California
Presiding Judge: Andre Birotte
Referring Judge: Philip S Gutierrez
2 Judge: Frederick F Mumm
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1441 Notice of Removal - Product Liability
Jury Demanded By: Both
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
January 11, 2021 Filing 28 Joint STIPULATION to Dismiss Case pursuant to 41(a)(1)(A(ii). filed by DEFENDANT Ford Motor Company.(Hugret, Spencer)
April 20, 2020 Filing 27 BILL OF COSTS. Costs taxed in the amount of $6,202.40 in favor of Defendant Ford Motor Company and against Plaintiff Christi Brown. RE: APPLICATION to the Clerk to Tax Costs against Plaintiff Christi Brown #24 . (vmun)
January 27, 2020 Filing 26 RESPONSE IN SUPPORT of APPLICATION to the Clerk to Tax Costs against Plaintiff Christi Brown #24 filed by Defendant Ford Motor Company. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Amir Nassihi, #2 Exhibit A to Nassihi Declaration, #3 Exhibit B to Nassihi Declaration, #4 Exhibit C to Nassihi Declaration)(Nassihi, Amir)
January 23, 2020 Filing 25 CLR PLAINTIFFS' OBJECTIONS TO DEFENDANT FORD MOTOR COMPANYS APPLICATIONS TO TAX COSTS IN OPPOSITION re: APPLICATION to the Clerk to Tax Costs against Plaintiff Christi Brown #24 filed by Plaintiff Christi Brown. (Resnick, Allen-Michel)
January 9, 2020 Filing 24 APPLICATION to the Clerk to Tax Costs against Plaintiff Christi Brown filed by Defendant Ford Motor Company. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B) (Nassihi, Amir)
December 26, 2019 Filing 23 JUDGMENT by Judge Andre Birotte Jr.: Pursuant to the Order Accepting Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations of United States Magistrate Judge [filed under the Master MDL Case No. 2:18-ml-02814 AB (FFMx) as document no. 715], IT IS ADJUDGED that this action is dismissed with prejudice and that defendant Ford Motor Company recover its costs of suit. (MD JS-6, Case Terminated). (gk)
September 20, 2019 Filing 22 ANSWER to Amended Complaint/Petition #14 [Unredacted Version of FAC Proposed to be Filed Under Seal] filed by Defendant Ford Motor Company.(Attorney Spencer Peter Hugret added to party Ford Motor Company(pty:dft))(Hugret, Spencer)
September 5, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 21 MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTIONS FOR TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINTS by Judge Andre Birotte Jr.: Before the Court are Defendant Ford Motor Company's Motions to Dismiss First Amended Complaints ["Motions" filed under ML 18-02814 AB (FFMx), Dkt. Nos. 363, 365, 367, 369]. The Motions are GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The Motions to Dismiss are GRANTED only as to Plaintiff Pedante's claim for breach of the implied warranty (Count 2) [Dkt. No. 365 under ML 18-02814 AB (FFMx)]. The Motions are otherwise DENIED. Court Reporter: N/A. (gk)
August 15, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 20 MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER REGARDING SEQUENCE OF TRIALS by Judge Andre Birotte Jr.: The Court ORDERS that the four IDP trial cases shall be tried in this order: (1) Mark Pedante v. Ford Motor Co., CV 17-06656 AB (FFMx), 11/5/2019; (2) Mary Cannon v. Ford Motor Co., CV 18-04817 AB (FFMx), 11/19/2019; (3) Yvonne Quintero et al. v. Ford Motor Co., CV 18-01912 AB (FFMx), 12/10/2019; (4) Christi Brown v. Ford Motor Co., CV 18-04190 AB (FFMx), 1/7/2020. Court Reporter: N/A. (gk)
July 3, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 19 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER TO FILE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT by Judge Andre Birotte Jr.: Plaintiffs' Application #15 , #16 is hereby GRANTED. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following portions of the First Amended Complaints be filed under seal: Mary Cannon v. Ford Motor Company, et al., No. 2:18-cv-04817-AB-FFM: Paragraphs: 43-55; 57-69; 75-103; 114-125; 129-132. Christi Brown V. Ford Motor Company, et al., No. 2:18-cv-04190-AB-FFM: Paragraphs: 43-55; 57-69; 75-103; 114-125; 129-132. (gk)
June 25, 2019 Filing 18 STATEMENT of in support of Plaintiffs' APPLICATION to file document FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT under seal #16 , APPLICATION to Withdraw APPLICATION TO FILE UNDER SEAL #15 filed by Defendant Ford Motor Company. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Matthew Fyie)(Hugret, Spencer)
June 22, 2019 Filing 17 SEALED DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION to file document FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT under seal #16 filed by Plaintiff Christi Brown. (Attachments: #1 Unredacted Document First Amended Complaint)(Resnick, Allen-Michel)
June 22, 2019 Filing 16 APPLICATION to file document FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT under seal filed by Plaintiff Christi Brown. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order, #2 Redacted Document First Amended Complaint)(Resnick, Allen-Michel)
June 21, 2019 Filing 15 APPLICATION to Withdraw APPLICATION TO FILE UNDER SEAL filed by CLR PLAINTIFFS Christi Brown. (Attachments: #1 Declaration Declaration of Neil Gieleghem, #2 Proposed Order) (Gieleghem, John)
June 21, 2019 Filing 14 FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Christi Brown amending Complaint - (Discovery),, filed by CLR PLAINTIFFS Christi Brown(Gieleghem, John)
May 22, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 13 MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS by Judge Andre Birotte Jr.: Before the Court are the Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings that Ford filed in the member cases of the MDL In Re: Ford Motor Co. DPS6 Powershift Transmission Products Liability Litigation. Ford seeks judgment on the pleadings against Canon (member case number 2:18-cv-04817-AB-FFMx) and Brown (member case number 2:18-cv-04190-AB-FFMx) [Motion as to Cannon and Brown filed in 2:18-ml-02814-AB-FFMx, Doc. No. 161], represented by the Consumer Law Group ("CLR"); and against Pedante (member case number 2:17-cv-06656-AB-FFMx) [Motion filed in 2:18-ml-02814-AB-FFMx, Doc. No. 162] and Quintero (member case number 2:18-cv-01912-AB-FFMx) [Motion filed in 2:18-ml-02814-AB-FFMx, Doc. No. 163], represented by the Knight Law Group ("KLG"). The Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings are: (1) GRANTED as to the Warranty Claims asserted in Brown, Cannon, and Quintero. (2) GRANTED as to the Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claims based on Ford's Alleged Performance Misrepresentations, asserted in all 4 cases. (3) GRANTED as to the Fraudulent Omission Claims, asserted in all 4 cases. (4) DENIED as to the Warranty Claims asserted in Pedante. (5) DENIED as to the Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claims Based on Ford's "Automatic Transmission" Representation, asserted in all 4 cases. Plaintiffs have 21 days from the issuance of this order to file their First Amended Complaints. Any Complaints or claims not amended by that date will be deemed dismissed with prejudice. See document for further details. Court Reporter: N/A. (gk)
November 13, 2018 Filing 12 NOTICE OF SERVICE filed by plaintiff Christi Brown, FRCP 26(a) Initial Disclosure served on November 13, 2018. (Resnick, Allen-Michel)
May 29, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 11 ORDER GRANTING STAY PENDING DETERMINATION OF TRANSFER FOR COORDINATION WITH MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION by Judge Philip S. Gutierrez granting #6 EX PARTE APPLICATION to Stay Case: Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS defendant's ex parte motion. This case is STAYED pending a final decision by the JPML whether to transfer this case for inclusion in the MDL. All filing deadlines and hearing dates are VACATED. (bm)
May 25, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 10 ORDER RE TRANSFER PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 16-05-Related Case- filed. Related Case No: 2:18-ml-02814 AB(FFMx). Case transferred from Judge Philip S. Gutierrez to Judge Andre Birotte Jr for all further proceedings. The case number will now reflect the initials of the transferee Judge 2:18-cv-04190 AB(FFMx). Signed by Judge Andre Birotte Jr (rn)
May 21, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 9 STANDING ORDER REGARDING NEWLY ASSIGNED CASES by Judge Philip S. Gutierrez. (ji)
May 18, 2018 Filing 8 NOTICE TO PARTIES OF COURT-DIRECTED ADR PROGRAM filed. (et)
May 18, 2018 Filing 7 NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT to District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez and Magistrate Judge Frederick F. Mumm. (et)
May 18, 2018 Filing 6 First EX PARTE APPLICATION to Stay Case pending Determination of Inclusion Multidistrict Litigation Pending in this District (MDL No. 2814) filed by Defendant Ford Motor Company. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order) (Harlow, Charles)
May 18, 2018 Filing 5 NOTICE of Related Case(s) filed by Defendant Ford Motor Company. Related Case(s): MDL No. 2814 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Transfer Order, #2 Exhibit B - Original Complaint, #3 Exhibit C - CTO-1, #4 Exhibit D - CTO-2, #5 Exhibit E - CTO-3, #6 Exhibit F - JPML Amended POS)(Harlow, Charles)
May 18, 2018 Filing 4 NOTICE of Interested Parties filed by Defendant Ford Motor Company, (Harlow, Charles)
May 18, 2018 Filing 3 DECLARATION of Stephen H. Dye re Notice of Removal (Attorney Civil Case Opening), #1 filed by Defendant Ford Motor Company. (Harlow, Charles)
May 18, 2018 Filing 2 CIVIL COVER SHEET filed by Defendant Ford Motor Company. (Harlow, Charles)
May 18, 2018 Filing 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL from Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, case number BC702775 Receipt No: 0973-21775379 - Fee: $400, filed by Defendant Ford Motor Company. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Original Complaint, #2 Exhibit B - Original Service of Process) (Attorney Charles Frederick Harlow added to party Ford Motor Company(pty:dft))(Harlow, Charles)
May 18, 2018 CONFORMED COPY ORIGINAL FILED COMPLAINT against Defendants Ford Motor Company, Raceway Ford, Does 1 through 10, inclusive. Jury Demanded., filed by Plaintiff Christi Brown. [FILED IN STATE COURT ON 4/13/2018 SUBMITTED ATTACHED TO EXHIBIT A TO NOTICE OF REMOVAL AS ATTACHMENT NO. 1 #1 . (et)

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Plaintiff: Christi Brown
Represented By: Allen-Michel Resnick
Represented By: John Neil Gieleghem
Represented By: Allen-Michel D Resnick
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Represented By: Charles Frederick Harlow
Represented By: Stephen H Dye
Represented By: Amir M Nassihi
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Represented By: Spencer Peter Hugret
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