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Ford MDL judge: No reasonable person would interpret 'automatic' in the way the plaintiff claims he did
Ford and other auto makers have been fighting a growing number of lemon lawsuits in California courts for more than five years.Last month, Birotte reversed a $23,155 jury verdict in a trial he presided over last December. -
Judge finds evidence insufficient in lemon law case; Reverses jury verdict against Ford
LOS ANGELES - Ford Motor Co. notched a major "lemon law" victory Thursday when a judge reversed a $23,155 jury verdict in a trial he presided over last December. -
Judge denies Ford's move to arbitrate lemon law case; Decision coming on new trial after Ford points to alleged plaintiff counsel misconduct
LOS ANGELES - U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte, Jr. was unpersuaded by Ford Motor Co.'s move to compel arbitration in one of hundreds of cases remaining in multi district litigation involving allegedly defective DPS6 transmissions in Fiesta and Focus vehicles. -
Ford settles more than 700 MDL transmission cases
LOS ANGELES - Consumer Legal Remedies (CLR) and Ford Motor Co. have reached a confidential settlement of approximately 760 cases in DPS6 powershift transmission multidistrict litigation. -
Judge awards Ford costs in lemon law suit; Case stands out for plaintiff's huge fee request
LOS ANGELES - U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte, Jr. has granted Ford Motor Co. all its costs - $18,923.43 - in one of thousands of powershift transmission products liability cases being litigated in the Central District of California. -
Ford seeks judgment in its favor in lemon law case tried in December - or new trial
LOS ANGELES - Ford Motor Co. is asking a federal judge who presided over a lemon law jury trial in December to either grant a new trial or judgment in its favor claiming plaintiffs' counsel engaged in "pervasive misconduct" that resulted in a $23,155 verdict for plaintiffs Yvonne and Salvador Quintero. -
COVID-19 delays hearing on Ford's motion to compel a couple to arbitration in transmission case
Facing a battery of complaints emerging from allegedly defective DPS6 transmissions in Fiesta and Focus vehicles, the Ford Motor Company filed a memorandum of points and authorities in support of its motion to compel arbitration in Wirth v Ford. -
Knight Law Group says $540K in fees is reasonable in lemon law case that netted $65K verdict
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys seeking $540,000 in fees in a $65,000 lemon law case are defending the reasonableness of their request. -
Ford to challenge 'exorbitant' $540K fee request in $65K judgment; Says it is prevailing party
LOS ANGELES - Ford Motor Co. is challenging a request for more than a half million dollars in attorneys' fees in a lemon law case tried two months ago in federal court, arguing in part that a plaintiff awarded around $65,000 could end up owing the IRS more money than he will recover in damages given the exorbitant fees sought. -
Plaintiff firm that lost 15 lemon lawsuits over repeated obstruction of discovery, appeals
Attorneys for more than a dozen plaintiffs whose lemon law cases against Ford Motor Co. were dismissed last month by a federal judge overseeing consolidated litigation are appealing. -
Lemon law trial set to get under way in Riverside County is continued
A trial set to get under way on Monday against Ford Motor Co. over allegations it knew its PowerShift Transmission was flawed from the start has been continued. -
Ford spokesman on transmission suit: 'You have to wonder at some point what the motivation of the lawsuit was in the first place'
LOS ANGELES – A recent verdict issued by a federal jury in a Ford transmission defects case awarded the plaintiff $11,000 less than the automaker had offered to settle the case. -
Judge grants Ford summary judgment in lemon law MDL; Finds plaintiff could not prove damages
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California this week granted Ford Motor Co.’s motion for summary adjudication in the case of a consumer who alleged there was a defective DPS6 transmission in his 2013 Ford Focus. -
Ford seeks to exclude plaintiffs' auto mechanic expert in transmission MDL, saying scientific knowledge not there as Daubert requires
LOS ANGELES – U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. last week denied summary judgment sought by Ford Motor Co. in multi-district litigation involving transmission issues with Focus and Fiesta models, but he will allow further hearing on the company's moves to exclude certain plaintiff expert witnesses.