General Motors Federal District Court Decisions

Paynter et al v. General Motors LLC

Filed: September 1, 2020 as 5:2019cv00888
Court: West Virginia Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Dakota William Paynter, Benjamin Thomas Paynter
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER denying the 3 MOTION to Dismiss and denying as moot the 17 MOTION to Stay. Signed by Judge Frank W. Volk on 9/1/2020. (cc: counsel of record; any unrepresented party) (slr)

Mistrot et al v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: September 1, 2020 as 1:2016cv02919
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Cole Mistrot, Christopher Knight, John Norris, Jennifer Merson, Tonya Godsey, Jeffrey Klabbatz, Mary Webster, Breyanna Miller, Kelsey Stevens, Heather Hutcheson, Steve Eggert, Lonnie Quinitchett, Telisa Oneal, Tim Jennings, Mary Farley, Joe Fuston, Judy Fuston, Angela Callahan, Patricia Turner, Megan Merrill, Eris Bains, Annie Sumpter, Karen Stokeling, Marta McDonald, Kathryn Hill, Jasmine Smith, Katrina Byther, Dedonna Epherson, Rita Mendoza, Belinda Williams, Larry Moore, Daffaine Shannon and others
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER. On September 1, 2020, The Potts Law Firm, LLP (the "Firm") filed a Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Plaintiff Steve Eggert (the "Affected Plaintiff"). See 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 8134; 16-CV-2919, ECF No. 187. Any oppositio n to the Firm's Motion - by Affected Plaintiff, New GM, or otherwise - shall be filed no later than three weeks from the date of this Order. The Firm's reply, if any, shall be filed no later than one week thereafter. The Firm is…

Engberson v. General Motors Company, et al.

Filed: September 1, 2020 as 2:2019cv01761
Court: California Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors Company, General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Rodney Engberson
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 8/31/2020 ORDERING that Plaintiff file a Second Amended Complaint by 9/30/2020 to add defendants Delphi Technologies, APTIV Services US, LLC, and APTIV PLC. (Huang, H)

Phillips v. General Motors Corporation et al

Filed: August 27, 2020 as 3:2019cv04201
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Takata Corporation, General Motors Corporation
Plaintiff: Lavonda Phillips
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF MAGISTRATE; DISMISSAL OF ACTION FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE for 25 Report and Recommendations,, ORDER re 26 Order Reassigning Case and 25 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re 1 Complaint filed by L avonda Phillips. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 8/27/2020. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/27/2020)Any non-CM/ECF Participants have been served by First Class Mail to the addresses of record listed on the Notice of Electronic…

Jose Garcia v. General Motors LLC et al

Filed: August 25, 2020 as 8:2018cv01893
Court: California Central District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC, Does 1 through 10, inclusive
Plaintiff: Jose Garcia
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

MINUTE (In Chambers) by Judge Josephine L. Staton: Case should have been closed on entry dated 7/7/2020 74 . (Made JS-6. Case Terminated.) (jp)

Harris v. General Motors LLC

Filed: August 13, 2020 as 2:2020cv00257
Court: Washington Western District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Kelly Harris
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions

MINUTE ORDER: The Court GRANTS the parties' request in the joint status report, docket no. 31 , to extend the class certification motion deadline to 120 days after the Court rules on Defendant General Motors' pending Motion to Dismiss, docket no. 12 , with General Motors having 60 days to respond to the class certification motion and Plaintiff having 30 days thereafter to reply. The Court will enter a scheduling order, if appropriate, after ruling on the Motion to…

Jackson v. General Motors LLC

Filed: August 13, 2020 as 4:2018cv01243
Court: Missouri Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC, General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Dathan Jackson
Nature of Suit: Employment

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant General Motors, LLC's Motion for Bill of Costs is GRANTED; costs will be taxed in its favor in the amount of Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents (� 36;11,738.86). (ECF No. 135 ) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall tax costs in favor of Defendant General Motors, LLC, and against Plaintiff Dathan Jackson, in the amount of Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Eight…

In re: General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation

Filed: August 7, 2020 as 1:2014mc02543
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: GM Ignition Switch MDL Defendants
Plaintiff: GM Ignition Switch MDL Plaintiffs, Austin DePalma, Jomaka Coleman
Nature of Suit: Other

OPINION AND ORDER [Regarding Common Benefit Assessments on State Cases and Unfiled Matters]. The Firms' motions are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. In particular, the Court concludes that Order No. 42 applies to the Firms' clients' ; related unfiled claims and to state-court cases in which the Firms used Common Benefit Work Product, but it does not apply to state-court cases in which the Firms did not use Common Benefit Work Product. Further, the Court concludes that…

Wang v. General Motors, LLC et al

Filed: August 4, 2020 as 4:2018cv10347
Court: Michigan Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC, GM (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
Plaintiff: Shawn Wang
Nature of Suit: Employment

OPINION and ORDER Denying Defendant GM (China) Investment Co., LTD's 58 Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(6). Signed by District Judge Linda V. Parker. (RLou)

Atz v. General Motors LLC

Filed: July 30, 2020 as 1:2015cv05222
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors L.L.C.
Plaintiff: Betty Atz, Jesus Alicea, Karl Ashford, Ashleigh Bailey, Lonell Baylous, Erick Bennett, Sunita Bhandari, Cody Booth, Ronald Brich, Gean Brooks, William Burley, Paul Busby, Sallie Charly, Michael Cheshier, Johnnie Clark, Daryl Collins, Rebecca Coviello, Karen Covington, Betty Eubank, Brenda Frazier, Jessica Free, Gilda Gayten, Halle Gayten, Donald Glisson, Jesus Gonzalez, Sederick Green, Howard Hale, Loretta Hamm, David Hill, Jackie Hilton, Andy Hubbard, Rodney Isaac and others
Respondent: King & Spalding LLP
Nature of Suit: Tort Product Liability

ORDER granting (8068) Motion to Dismiss in case 1:14-md-02543-JMF; granting (323) Motion to Dismiss in case 1:15-cv-05222-JMF. On July 29, 2020, New GM filed an unopposed motion to dismiss with prejudice the claims of Plaintiffs Alner S immonds and Mamoon Sinnokrot, on the grounds that Plaintiffs Simmonds and Sinnokrot have passed away and that no motion for substitution was made within 90 days of the filings of suggestions of death, as required by Federal Rule …

Adams v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: July 30, 2020 as 1:2015cv05528
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Ernest Adams
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury- Product Liability

ORDER OF DISMISSAL: In light of the foregoing, Ms. Perry'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 noncompliant plaintiffs' complaints"). The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate Cordelia Perry as a party in 14-MD-2543 and 15-CV-5528, and, if there are no remaining plaintiffs in 15-CV-5528, to close that…

Tacker v. General Motors LLC et al

Filed: July 29, 2020 as 3:2020cv11557
Court: Michigan Eastern District Court
Defendant: John Does, General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: James Russell Tacker
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

OPINION AND ORDER Terminating as Moot 7 Defendant's Motion to Dismiss; Granting 11 Plaintiff's Motion to Amend the Complaint and Directing Counsel to File A Joint Memorandum by 8/5/2020. Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

Goodwin v. General Motors LLC

Filed: July 24, 2020 as 1:2018cv02590
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Diane Goodwin
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER. The Clerk of Court is directed to place under seal both 18-CV-2590, ECF No. 92 and ECF No. 91 (out of an abundance of caution), with viewing access restricted to Ms. Goodwin and General Motors LLC. In accordance with Order Nos. 77, 133 and 172, see 14-MD-2543, ECF Nos. 1349, 4567, 8013, within one week of the Court's ruling on the substance of the pending motions, New GM shall file a version of the filing with proposed redactions along with a letter brief addressing the…

Norton v. General Motors LLC

Filed: July 23, 2020 as 4:2019cv00329
Court: South Carolina District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Calvin Tyrone Norton
Nature of Suit: Property Damage Product Liability

ORDER: After a thorough review of the Report, the applicable law, and the record of this case in accordance with the above standard, the court overrules the objections, adopts the Report [ECF No. 94 ], and incorporates the Re port by reference herein. Accordingly, Defendants motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 65 ] is GRANTED, and Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 85 ] is DENIED. All other pending motions are hereby TERMINATED as MOOT. Signed by the Honorable…

Gillispie v. Miami Township et al

Filed: July 23, 2020 as 3:2013cv00416
Court: Ohio Southern District Court
Defendant: Miami Township, Matthew Scott Moore, Tim Wilson, Thomas Angel, Marvin Scothorn, John DiPitreo, Unidentified Members of the Miami Township Police Department, Montgomery County Ohio, Kenneth M Betz, Denise Rankin, Ralph Nickoson, Unidentified Employees of the Miami Valley Regional Crime Lab, General Motors Company, Richard Wolfe, Keith Stapleton, Robert Miller, David Burke, Robert Burke, Unidentified Employees of General Motors Company, Stephen Gray
Plaintiff: Roger Dean Gillispie
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights

NOTICE- The discovery phase of this case has ended. No discovery motions or other matters referred to the undersigned Judicial Officer remain pending. The case is presently set for further proceedings, including trial, before United States District J udge Thomas M. Rose. The Clerk of Court is directed to note in the record that: 1. Referral of this case to the undersigned Judicial Officer has expired; and 2. No motions or other matters in this case remain pending before the undersigned…

Hinchman v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: July 23, 2020 as 1:2019cv00324
Court: Indiana Northern District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Not Yet Classified: Anthony Stites
Plaintiff: Timothy R. Hinchman
Nature of Suit: Employment

OPINION AND ORDER: DENYING without prejudice 22 MOTION to Compel Discovery by Plaintiff Timothy R. Hinchman. Signed by Magistrate Judge Susan L Collins on 7/23/2020. (lhc)

Dukes v. General Motors LLC

Filed: July 14, 2020 as 1:2019cv11922
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Jennifer C. Dukes, ALL PLAINTIFFS
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

MEMO ENDORSED ORDER terminating (7981) Motion to Dismiss in case 1:14-md-02543-JMF; terminating (28) Motion to Dismiss in case 1:19-cv-11922-JMF. ENDORSEMENT: The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate 19-CV-11922, ECF No. 28 and 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 7981. The conference scheduled for tomorrow is canceled. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 7/14/20) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:14-md-02543-JMF, 1:19-cv-11922-JMF (yv)

Strough et al v. General Motors LLC et al

Filed: July 14, 2020 as 1:2018cv03303
Court: Colorado District Court
Defendant: General Motors Company, ZF TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., GENERAL MOTORS LLC, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, TRW Automotive U.S. LLC, TRW Automotive Inc., TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., General Motors Holdings LLC
Plaintiff: Raiden Smith, Amber Strough, Madison Strough, Amber (I) Strough
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER by Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer on 7/14/2020, re: 86 Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Approve Settlement and to Extend Deadline for Filing of Final Dismissal Papers Until After Approval and Payment of the Settlement is GRANTED. ORDERED that the settlement and allocation of proceeds are APPROVED. ORDERED that, on or before August 30, 2020, the parties shall either file dismissal papers or a status report indicating whether the settlement annuity has been fully funded,…

Atz v. General Motors LLC

Filed: July 10, 2020 as 1:2015cv05222
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors L.L.C.
Plaintiff: Betty Atz, Jesus Alicea, Karl Ashford, Ashleigh Bailey, Lonell Baylous, Erick Bennett, Sunita Bhandari, Cody Booth, Ronald Brich, Gean Brooks, William Burley, Paul Busby, Sallie Charly, Michael Cheshier, Johnnie Clark, Daryl Collins, Rebecca Coviello, Karen Covington, Betty Eubank, Brenda Frazier, Jessica Free, Gilda Gayten, Halle Gayten, Donald Glisson, Jesus Gonzalez, Sederick Green, Howard Hale, Loretta Hamm, David Hill, Jackie Hilton, Andy Hubbard, Rodney Isaac and others
Respondent: King & Spalding LLP
Nature of Suit: Tort Product Liability

ORDER OF DISMISSAL... In light of Mr. Green's failure to file an amended and severed complaint by the deadline set in the April 6 Order, his claims are hereby DISMISSED without prejudice. Per Paragraph 6 of the April 6 Order, should Mr. Gree n file an amended and severed complaint, a Related Case Statement, and a filing fee within the next thirty days, his dismissal will be vacated. If Mr. Green does not submit the requisite filings within the next thirty days, New GM may move…

Harris v. General Motors LLC

Filed: July 7, 2020 as 2:2020cv00257
Court: Washington Western District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Kelly Harris
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions

MINUTE ORDER: The parties' stipulated motion for extensions, docket no. 14 , is GRANTED as follows: (a) The deadline for the parties to exchange initial disclosures and file a Joint Status Report is EXTENDED to 8/3/2020. (b) Defendant's motion to dismiss and strike class allegations, docket no. 12 , is RENOTED to 7/31/2020. Plaintiffs response is due by Monday, 7/27/2020, and defendant's reply is due by the new noting date. Authorized by Judge Thomas S. Zilly.(MW)