Letson et al v. Ford Motor Company
Plaintiff: Richard Letson, Kara Murray-Volpi, Richard Reed, Walter Currie, LaVerne Foltz, Nicole Gallardo, Kellie Gillian, Cornelia Anglerau, Harold Johnson, Cherry Amber, Brian Buddinger and Tahseen Paulson
Defendant: Ford Motor Company
Case Number: 4:2023cv10420
Filed: February 17, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Presiding Judge: Shalina D Kumar
Referring Judge: Anthony P Patti
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Prod. Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
September 22, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 21 REPLY to Response re #18 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint filed by Ford Motor Company. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A - Rathmann v. Ford Motor Co, #3 Exhibit B - Unpublished Authorities) (Douglas, Stephanie)
September 18, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 20 MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages by Ford Motor Company. (Turner, Jeffrey)
September 18, 2023 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER GRANTING #20 MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages filed by Ford Motor Company. Signed by District Judge Shalina D. Kumar. (THal)
September 8, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 19 RESPONSE to #18 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint Plaintiffs' Opposition to Ford Motor Company's Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A (White v. FCA MTD Opinion), #3 Exhibit B (Unpublished Authorities)) (Berman, Steve)
July 21, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 18 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint by Ford Motor Company. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A - Chart - Bases for Dismissal, #3 Exhibit B - Unpublished Cases) (Douglas, Stephanie)
June 9, 2023 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER TERMINATING AS MOOT #11 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint filed by Ford Motor Company. Signed by District Judge Shalina D. Kumar. (THal)
June 8, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 17 STIPULATED ORDER regarding defendant's responsive pleadings to plaintiff's amended complaint. Signed by District Judge Shalina D. Kumar. (TTho)
June 2, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 16 AMENDED COMPLAINT with Jury Demand filed by All Plaintiffs against Ford Motor Company. NEW PARTIES ADDED. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1 - Certain 2020-2023 Ford Escape and Bronco Sport - Under Hood fire, #3 Exhibit 2 - NHTSA Recall Report 22V-191, #4 Exhibit 3 - NHTSA Recall Report, #5 Exhibit 4 - MY 2020 Ford Escape brochure, #6 Exhibit 5 - MY 2021 Ford Escape brochure, #7 Exhibit 6 - MY 2022 ford Escape brochure, #8 Exhibit 7 - MY 2021 Ford Bronco Sport brochure v.2, #9 Exhibit 8 - MY 2022 Ford Bronco Sport brochure, #10 Exhibit 9 - MY 2021 Ford Bronco Sport brochure, #11 Exhibit 10 - 2023 Ford Escape - Edmunds.com, #12 Exhibit 11 - 2023 Ford Bronco - Edmunds.com, #13 Exhibit 12 - 2023 MY Ford Warranty Guide, #14 Exhibit 13 - 202 Ford Escape Looks to Fill a Car-Shaped Hole in the Lineup, #15 Exhibit 14 - 2021 Ford Bronco and Bronco Sport On-Sale Dates and How to Order One, #16 Exhibit 15 - Testing in Extremes: Ford.com, #17 Exhibit 16 - NHTSA Nat'l Telephone Survey of Reported and Unreported Motor Vehicle Crashes, #18 Exhibit 17 - NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts 2019, #19 Exhibit 18 - NHTSA complaints re 2021 Ford Bronco Sport, #20 Exhibit 19 - NHTSA complaints re 2021 Ford Escape, #21 Exhibit 20 - NHTSA complaints re 2020 Ford Escape, #22 Exhibit 21 - NHTSA complaints re 2022 Ford Bronco Sport) (Berman, Steve)
May 15, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 15 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Mitchell Kendrick appearing on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Kendrick, Mitchell)
April 17, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 14 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Abigail Pershing appearing on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Pershing, Abigail)
April 17, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 13 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Thomas Eric Loeser appearing on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Loeser, Thomas)
April 17, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 12 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Steve W. Berman appearing on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Berman, Steve)
April 14, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 11 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint by Ford Motor Company. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Unpublished Cases) (Douglas, Stephanie)
March 16, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 10 STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by Ford Motor Company (Douglas, Stephanie)
March 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 9 STIPULATED ORDER Regarding Defendant's Responsive Pleadings. Responsive pleading due by 4/14/2023. Signed by District Judge Shalina D. Kumar. (THal)
March 10, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 8 NOTICE of Appearance by Jeffrey A. Turner on behalf of Ford Motor Company. (Turner, Jeffrey)
March 10, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 7 NOTICE of Appearance by Susan M. McKeever on behalf of Ford Motor Company. (McKeever, Susan)
March 10, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 6 NOTICE of Appearance by Stephanie A. Douglas on behalf of Ford Motor Company. (Douglas, Stephanie)
February 24, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 5 CERTIFICATE of Service/Summons Returned Executed. Ford Motor Company served on 2/24/2023, answer due 3/17/2023. (Berman, Steve)
February 17, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 4 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: E. Powell Miller appearing on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Miller, E.)
February 17, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 3 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Dennis A. Lienhardt appearing on behalf of All Plaintiffs (Lienhardt, Dennis)
February 17, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 2 SUMMONS Issued for *Ford Motor Company* (KBro)
February 17, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT Class Action Complaint filed by All Plaintiffs against All Defendants with Jury Demand. Plaintiff requests summons issued. Receipt No: AMIEDC-9241659 - Fee: $ 402. County of 1st Plaintiff: Norfolk - County Where Action Arose: Wayne - County of 1st Defendant: Wayne. [Previously dismissed case: No] [Possible companion case(s): None] (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit 1 (Certain 2020-2023 Ford Escape & Bronco Sport - Under Hood Fire), #3 Exhibit 2 (NHTSA Recall Report 22V-191), #4 Exhibit 3 (NHTSA Recall Report 22V-859), #5 Exhibit 4 (MY 2020 Ford Escape brochure), #6 Exhibit 5 (MY 2021 Ford Escape brochure), #7 Exhibit 6 (MY 2022 Ford Escape brochure), #8 Exhibit 7 (MY 2021 Ford Bronco Sport brochure v.2), #9 Exhibit 8 (MY 2022 Ford Bronco Sport brochure), #10 Exhibit 9 (MY 2021 Ford Bronco Sport brochure), #11 Exhibit 10 (2023 Ford Escape, Edmunds.com), #12 Exhibit 11 (2023 Ford Bronco, Edmunds.com), #13 Exhibit 12 (2023 MY Ford Warranty Guide), #14 Exhibit 13 (2020 Ford Escape Looks to Fill a Car-Shaped Hole in the Lineup - Apr. 2, 2019 Car & Driver), #15 Exhibit 14 (2021 Ford Bronco & Bronco Sport On-Sale Dates & How to Order One - Jul. 13, 2020 Car & Driver), #16 Exhibit 15 (Testing in Extremes: Ford.com - Oct. 7, 2019)) (Berman, Steve)
February 17, 2023 Opinion or Order 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 (KBro)

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Plaintiff: Richard Letson
Represented By: Dennis A. Lienhardt
Represented By: E. Powell Miller
Represented By: Steve W. Berman
Represented By: Abigail Pershing
Represented By: Thomas Eric Loeser
Represented By: Mitchell Kendrick
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Plaintiff: Kara Murray-Volpi
Represented By: Dennis A. Lienhardt
Represented By: E. Powell Miller
Represented By: Steve W. Berman
Represented By: Abigail Pershing
Represented By: Thomas Eric Loeser
Represented By: Mitchell Kendrick
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Plaintiff: Richard Reed
Represented By: Dennis A. Lienhardt
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Plaintiff: Walter Currie
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Plaintiff: LaVerne Foltz
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Plaintiff: Nicole Gallardo
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Plaintiff: Kellie Gillian
Represented By: Steve W. Berman
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Plaintiff: Cornelia Anglerau
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Plaintiff: Harold Johnson
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Plaintiff: Cherry Amber
Represented By: Steve W. Berman
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Plaintiff: Brian Buddinger
Represented By: Steve W. Berman
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Plaintiff: Tahseen Paulson
Represented By: Steve W. Berman
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Defendant: Ford Motor Company
Represented By: Susan M. McKeever
Represented By: Jeffrey A. Turner
Represented By: Stephanie A. Douglas
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