General Motors Federal District Court Decisions

Shakopee Chevrolet Inc. v. General Motors LLC

Filed: May 5, 2021 as 0:2020cv02366
Court: Minnesota District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Shakopee Chevrolet Inc.
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER denying 9 Motion to Dismiss. (Written Opinion) Signed by Chief Judge John R. Tunheim on 5/5/2021. (HMA)

Rothermel v. General Motors LLC

Filed: April 29, 2021 as 1:2017cv09353
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors L.L.C.
Plaintiff: Jordon Rothermel
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: (8509 in 1:14-md-02543-JMF, 101 in 1:17-cv-09353-JMF) MOTION for Reconsideration re; (8481 in 1:14-md-02543-JMF) Memorandum & Opinion . filed by Jordon Rothermel. Accordingly, Youngblood's motion for reconsideration is DENIED. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 8509 and 17-CV-9353, ECF No. 101. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 4/29/2021) (nb)

Stevens v. General Motors Investment Management Corp.

Filed: April 27, 2021 as 1:2021cv00476
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors Investment Management Corp.
Plaintiff: John Stevens
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities - Employment

ORDER: The parties should submit a Rule 26(f) report by May 24, 2021. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge John G. Koeltl on 4/20/2021) (ks)

Brame et al v. General Motors LLC

Filed: April 23, 2021 as 2:2020cv01775
Court: Wisconsin Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Jason Jager, Gary Brame, Glen Evans
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability

ORDER signed by Judge Lynn Adelman on 4/23/21 that GM's motion to dismiss the complaint is GRANTED and that this action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. (cc: all counsel)(jad)

Stephen Yagman v. General Motors Company et al

Filed: April 23, 2021 as 1:2014cv09058
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors Company, Mary Barra, Unknown Named Defendants
Plaintiff: Stephen Yagman
Nature of Suit: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: On April 20, 2021 the Court granted pro se Plaintiff Stephen Yagman's motion and issued a formal suggestion to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML") that his case be remanded back to the Central District of California, from which it had been transferred to this Court. The Court did so after determining that Mr. Yagman had opted out of the class settlement approved in December 2020 and, thus, had not released his claims. …

Stephen Yagman v. General Motors Company et al

Filed: April 23, 2021 as 1:2014cv09058
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors Company, Mary Barra, Unknown Named Defendants
Plaintiff: Stephen Yagman
Nature of Suit: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: (349 in 1:14-cv-09058-JMF, 8501 in 1:14-md-02543-JMF) LETTER MOTION to Expedite Briefing Schedule re Yagman Remand Motion addressed to Judge Jesse M. Furman from Wendy L. Bloom dated April 21, 2021. fi led by General Motors LLC. New GM's application is DENIED. The Court concludes that further briefing on the question of remand is unnecessary. The Court has broad discretion to suggest remand to the JPML, see Mem'l Hermann Healthcare…

Hammerschmidt v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: April 23, 2021 as 0:2020cv01773
Court: Minnesota District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Joseph Hammerschmidt
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud

ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE CASES re 81 Stipulation. Signed by Judge Donovan W. Frank on 4/23/2021. (See Order for Specifics)(las)

Robinson as Administrator of the Estate of Cleon Davis, et al v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: April 20, 2021 as 1:2021mc00403
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors L.L.C.
Petitioner: Brett Emison
Plaintiff: Norma Robinson
Nature of Suit: Other

ORDER. The Court sees no reason to keep this miscellaneous case open. However, as the Court previously explained, see id., Mr. Emison may raise specific objections, including assertions of the attorney-client or work product privileges, which the Court will adjudicate in accordance with its standard procedures. The parties should make any future filings relevant to such disputes on the 14-MD-2543 docket only. The Clerk of Court is directed to close 21-MC-403. SO ORDERED. (Signed by…

Barbosa v. General Motors LLC

Filed: April 16, 2021 as 4:2020cv00931
Court: Missouri Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC, General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Francisco Barbosa
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury- Product Liability

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's complaint is DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to prosecute. An appropriate Order of Dismissal will accompany this Memorandum and Order. Signed by District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on 04/16/2021. (ANP)

Pucket v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: April 15, 2021 as 4:2020cv00075
Court: Oklahoma Northern District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Jonathan Pucket
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability

OPINION AND ORDER by Judge Claire V Eagan ; granting in part and denying in part 19 Motion for Attorney Fees (RGG, Chambers)

Robinson v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: April 9, 2021 as 1:2020cv03732
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors L.L.C.
Plaintiff: Norma Robinson
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER granting (8462) Letter Motion for Local Rule 37.2 Conference; granting (8472) Letter Motion for Local Rule 37.2 Conference in case 1:14-md-02543-JMF; granting (44) Letter Motion for Local Rule 37.2 Conference; granting (50) Letter Motion f or Local Rule 37.2 Conference in case 1:20-cv-03732-JMF. The Court will hold a telephone conference with counsel for New GM, L&E, and Chaffin Luhana LLP on April 14, 2021, at 2:15 p.m., to address how to proceed. Counsel should confer in…

Liggons v. General Motors, LLC et al

Filed: March 31, 2021 as 3:2020cv01208
Court: Ohio Northern District Court
Defendant: Local 14, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Shawn Liggons
Nature of Suit: Employment

Memorandum Opinion and Order: I conclude Liggons' race and disability discrimination claims in fact are untimely hybrid § 301 claims and dismiss those claims. I also conclude Liggons has pled a plausible claim for retaliation on the basis of race in violation of Title VII. Therefore, I grant GM's motion to dismiss in part and deny it in part. (Doc. No. 12). re 12 . Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick on 3/31/2021. (S,AL)

Muyderman v. General Motors Financial Company, Inc. et al

Filed: March 31, 2021 as 2:2020cv02172
Court: Nevada District Court
Defendant: General Motors Financial Company, Inc., Trans Union LLC
Plaintiff: Cynthia L. Muyderman
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit

ORDER granting 12 Stipulation to Extend Time Re: 1 Complaint; General Motors Financial Company, Inc. answer due 4/5/2021. Signed by Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Albregts on 3/31/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRS)

Chapman et al v. General Motors LLC

Filed: March 31, 2021 as 2:2019cv12333
Court: Michigan Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Gary Godwin, Clay Kincheloe, Tim Taylor, Leroy Gwinn, Jr., Bryan Joyce, Robert Hoag, Mark D. Chapman, William McDuffie
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

OPINION and ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART 48 Motion to Dismiss; and Resolving 52 , 62 , 68 , 69 , 72 , 74 , 75 , 78 Other Motions. Signed by District Judge Terrence G. Berg. (Attachments: # 1 Table of Claims) (AChu)

Hyundai Motor America et al v. General Motors Company et al

Filed: March 18, 2021 as 8:2020cv02053
Court: California Central District Court
Defendant: General Motors Company, Does 1-30
Plaintiff: Brian Latouf, Hyundai Motor America
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

ORDER DISMISSING CASE 17 by Judge Josephine L. Staton that the above-captioned action is dismissed with prejudice, and that each party shall pay its own costs and attorneys' fees. (jp)

Marc S. Kirschner, as Litigation Trustee for the Tribune Litigation Trust v. Dennis J FitzSimons, et al

Filed: March 12, 2021 as 1:2012cv02652
Court: New York Southern District Court
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Adr) Provider: HENRY CARSON JACKSON TRUST U/W IRREVOCABLE MANAGEMENT TRUST UA TRUST A-2, Mark Pettijohn, New England Province Society of Jesus, Stark Master Fund Ltd., Nuveen Investment Solutions (fka Richards and Tierney), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc., Lawrence F. Klima
Defendant: UD VS RISLEY CJ DE SIEYES ETAL, ANDREW T SZMULANSKI, Robert Chase, ORDER OF FELICIAN SISTERS CS NT OF ST FRANCIS, ADIA INVESTMENT SERIES, Large Cap Index Fund, A Series of SEI Institutional Investments Trust, WATER AND POWER EMPLOYEES' RET DISAB & DEATH BENEFIT INS PLAN, KENNETH R. POSNER AND ARLENE L. POSNER, Ruthellyn Musil 401(K) Savings Plan, MILLER FAMILY TRUST UAD, Jeffrey W. Babcock, THE SHERRY P. BRODER IRA A/K/A SHERRY P. BRODER U/A DTD, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, HORIZON GOLDEN PARTNERS L P, Crane Asset Management LLC, CA Public EE Retrmnt Sys, The DFA Investment Trust Company, DFA Investment Dimensions Group, Inc., The Alliance Bernstein Portfolios, Frank W. Denius, Donald M. Hinman Jr., Lewis Tatman and Willilam F. Warchol,, STINEHART LIVING TRUST UA DTD, Marlene F Slade Rollover IRA, National Financial Services LLC/Fidelity Management Trust Co, Custodian, James E. Murray, Babson Capital Management LLC, GGCP, INC. F/K/A GABELLI FUNDS, INC. (THE GABELLI EQUITY INC FD), Mutual of America Institutional Funds, Inc, Barbara Bonoff Gettinger, DOROTHY D SMITH TRUST U/A DTD, COPPER NUGGET, INC. (PLEDGED), JEFFREY MARTIN FEDYNAK UGMA/MD, DEBORAH FEDYNAK C/F, ANDREW ALLEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION SEL ADV/NORTHERN TRUST, UA GENERAL OFFICERS, HON HARRY F BYRD REV TRUST U/A DTD, NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC. F/K/A NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, N.A., City of Philadelphia Public Employees and others
Interested Party: Barbara Anne Ward Living Trust, CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY, General Motors Hourly-Rate Employee Pension Trust
Not Classified By Court: Arthur Lee
Not Yet Classified: Mr. Steven U. Lee, Abbott Laboratories Annuities Retirement Trust, Sprint Master Fund Trust, LYONDELL PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION DEFINED BENEFIT A/K/A LYONDELL CHEMICAL CO. DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN LCV, Elizabeth Dominick, Nuveen Equity Index Fund, John W Stewart, Stanton R. Cook Charitable Remainder Trust, Current Trustee, the Trust u/w Mary F. Roberts, deceased, fbo the Grandchildren, Ms. Jung E. Lee, Philip V Mann, Regence BlueShield, Diamondback Master Fund/TMS/ITS SETT A/C For Queensgate House, Glen R. Metzger, as Trustee of the NSP-Minnesota Prairie II Retail Qualified Trust (sued as NSP-Minnesota Retail Prairie II Qualified Trust, Current Trustee), Halcyon Diversified Fund LP, Margaret Sindelar
Plaintiff: Marc S. Kirschner, The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Company, Margaret Gundlach, The Official Committee of Unsecure
Trustee: Trustee Albert Andrews, Jr., as, Paul M. Meister as Trustee for the Paul M. Meister 2005 Revocable Trust u/a
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud

ORDER: On March 1, 2021, pro-se attorney Anne E. Walsh, Esq. requested to be added to the electronic service list for the above-captioned case, 12cv2652. It is hereby ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall add Anne E. Walsh to the docket as Executor of the Estate of Patricia I. Walsh. (Signed by Judge Denise L. Cote on 3/12/2021) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:11-md-02296-DLC, 1:12-cv-02652-DLC, 1:12-cv-06055-DLC (jca)

Goldstein et al v. General Motors LLC

Filed: March 12, 2021 as 3:2019cv01778
Court: California Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Julian Wilder, Percy Sutton, Rafael Martinez, Matt Goldstein, Gladys Tubbs, Lana Savage, Kendra Piazza
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability

ORDER Granting 68 Joint Motion and Stipulation to Extend Defendant's Time to Respond to Third Amended Class Action Complaint and (2) Setting Briefing Schedule. Defendant's response to Plaintiffs' Third Amended Class Action Complaint shall be due on or before 4/2/2021. Plaintiffs' opposition brief to Defendant's motion to dismiss shall be due on or before 4/30/2021. Defendant's reply brief in support of its motion to dismiss shall be due on or before…

Massie, et al. v. General Motors Company, et al.

Filed: March 10, 2021 as 1:2020cv01560
Court: California Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors Company, Decibel Insight, Inc.
Plaintiff: Dakotah Massie, Neil Manglani
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury

ORDER GRANTING 27 Stipulation to Set a Schedule for Defendants' Response to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 3/9/2021. Scheduling Conference CONTINUED to 6/25/2021 at 08:30 AM in Bakersfield, 510 19th Street before Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston. (Hall, S)

Smith v. General Motors LLC

Filed: March 10, 2021 as 1:2016cv07335
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors L.L.C.
Plaintiff: Kenneth M. Smith
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury- Product Liability

ORDER OF DISMISSAL... Mr. Smith's claims are hereby DISMISSED with prejudice. See In re World Trade Ctr. Disaster Site Litig., 722 F.3d at 487 (holding "that the court did not exceed the bounds of its discretion in dismissing the noncomp liant plaintiffs' complaints"). The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 8394, and 16-CV-7335, ECF No. 130. The Clerk of Court is further directed to terminate Kenneth M. Smith as a Plaintiff in 14-MD-2543…

CRMSuite Corporation v. General Motors Company et al

Filed: March 10, 2021 as 8:2020cv00762
Court: Florida Middle District Court
Defendant: General Motors Company, Aquent, Inc., Aquent, LLC, General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: CRMSuite Corporation
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 59 Motion to Dismiss Third Amended Complaint. Signed by Judge William F. Jung on 3/10/2021. (BDJ)