Bernardoni et al v. FCA US LLC
Plaintiff: Jevechius Bernardoni, Bahar Navab, Justin Binder and Katherine Binder
Defendant: FCA US LLC
Case Number: 2:2023cv12881
Filed: November 13, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Presiding Judge: Kimberly G Altman
Referring Judge: Mark A Goldsmith
2 Judge: David M Lawson
3 Judge: Elizabeth A Stafford
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)
Jury Demanded By: Both
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
January 5, 2024 Filing 13 STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by FCA US LLC identifying Corporate Parent Fiat Chrysler Automobils, N.V., a publicly held company for FCA US LLC. (Thompson, Ellisse)
January 5, 2024 Filing 12 ANSWER to Complaint with Affirmative Defenses with Jury Demand by FCA US LLC. (Thompson, Ellisse)
January 5, 2024 Filing 11 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Ellisse S. Thompson appearing on behalf of FCA US LLC (Thompson, Ellisse)
December 14, 2023 Filing 10 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Ian Kennedy Edwards appearing on behalf of FCA US LLC (Edwards, Ian)
December 14, 2023 Filing 9 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Fred J. Fresard appearing on behalf of FCA US LLC (Fresard, Fred)
November 28, 2023 Filing 8 CERTIFICATE of Service/Summons Returned Executed. FCA US LLC served on 11/21/2023, answer due 12/12/2023. (Berman, Steve)
November 16, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 7 ORDER REASSIGNING CASE from District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith and Magistrate Judge Kimberly G. Altman to District Judge David M. Lawson and Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Stafford. (SSch)
November 14, 2023 Filing 6 SUMMONS Issued for *FCA US LLC* (DJen)
November 14, 2023 Filing 5 NOTICE of Appearance by Thomas Eric Loeser on behalf of All Plaintiffs. (Loeser, Thomas)
November 14, 2023 Filing 4 NOTICE of Appearance by Steve W. Berman on behalf of All Plaintiffs. (Berman, Steve)
November 14, 2023 Filing 3 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Dennis A. Lienhardt appearing on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Lienhardt, Dennis)
November 14, 2023 Filing 2 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: E. Powell Miller appearing on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Miller, E.)
November 14, 2023 A United States Magistrate Judge of this Court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 636c and FRCP 73. The Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge form is available for download at #http://www.mied.uscourts.gov (DJen)
November 13, 2023 Filing 1 COMPLAINT filed by Katherine Binder, Jevechius Bernardoni, Justin Binder, Bahar Navab against FCA US LLC with Jury Demand. Plaintiff requests summons issued. Receipt No: AMIEDC-9559905 - Fee: $ 402. County of 1st Plaintiff: Out of State - County Where Action Arose: Oakland - County of 1st Defendant: Oakland. [Previously dismissed case: No] [Possible companion case(s): United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2:22-cv-03040-DML-EAS, Judge District Judge David M. Lawson] (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1 - Important Safety Recall Letter, #3 Exhibit 2 - 2017 NHTSA Report, #4 Exhibit 3 - U.S. Dep't of Energy - Emissions from Hybrid and Plug-In Electric Vehicles, #5 Exhibit 4 - Forbes - Rising Gas Prices Driving You To An Electric Car, #6 Exhibit 5 - Car and Driver - EV vs. Gas - Which Cars Are Cheaper to Own, #7 Exhibit 6 - ArsTechnica - Higher sticker price, lower fuel costs, #8 Exhibit 7 - LGES Electrical Safety Recall, #9 Exhibit 8 - McMicken Battery Energy Storage System Event Technical Analysis and Recommendations, #10 Exhibit 9 - U.S. Dep't of Energy - Batteries for Hybrid and Plug-In Electric Vehicles, #11 Exhibit 10 - Medium - How Lithium Ion Batteries in EVs Catch Fire, #12 Exhibit 11 - Waste360 - April 2020 Fire Report - How & Why Do Lithium-Ion Batteries Fail, #13 Exhibit 12 - KATV - Cell phone catches fire under teen's pillow, #14 Exhibit 13 - Gearburn - Smouldering smartphones - a brief history of mobile phone fires and how to avoid them, #15 Exhibit 14 - Reuters - Explainer - Are lithium-ion batteries in EVs a fire hazard, #16 Exhibit 15 - ExplainThatStuff - Lithium-ion batteries, #17 Exhibit 16 - Underwriters Laboratories - What is Thermal Runaway, #18 Exhibit 17 - Machine Design - Preventing Thermal Runaway in Electric Vehicle Batteries) (Berman, Steve)

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Plaintiff: Jevechius Bernardoni
Represented By: Steve W. Berman
Represented By: Dennis A. Lienhardt
Represented By: E. Powell Miller
Represented By: Thomas Eric Loeser
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Plaintiff: Bahar Navab
Represented By: Steve W. Berman
Represented By: Dennis A. Lienhardt
Represented By: E. Powell Miller
Represented By: Thomas Eric Loeser
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Plaintiff: Justin Binder
Represented By: Steve W. Berman
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Plaintiff: Katherine Binder
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Defendant: FCA US LLC
Represented By: Ellisse S. Thompson
Represented By: Fred J. Fresard
Represented By: Ian Kennedy Edwards
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