General Motors Federal District Court Decisions

Plaintiff v. Defendant

Filed: January 26, 2022 as 4:2016cv14465
Court: Michigan Eastern District Court
Defendant: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Plaintiff: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

JUDGMENT. Approved by District Judge Terrence G. Berg. (AChu)

Plaintiff v. Defendant

Filed: January 26, 2022 as 4:2016cv14465
Court: Michigan Eastern District Court
Defendant: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Plaintiff: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 68 Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment; granting in part and denying in part 71 Defendant's Motion for Judgment on the Record. Signed by District Judge Terrence G. Berg. (AChu)

GENERAL MOTORS LLC et al v. ASHTON

Filed: January 24, 2022 as 1:2020cv12659
Court: New Jersey District Court
Defendant: JOSEPH ASHTON
Plaintiff: GENERAL MOTORS LLC, GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud

OPINION. Signed by Judge Robert B. Kugler on 1/24/2022. (pr, )

Engberson v. General Motors Company, et al.

Filed: January 21, 2022 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 1/21/22 ORDERING that all claims and counterclaims against all parties in this action are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The Parties shall each bear their own attorney's fees and costs. CASE CLOSED. (Kaminski, H)

Williams v. General Motors LLC

Filed: January 14, 2022 as 2:2021cv11997
Court: Michigan Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Akeem D Williams
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities - Employment

OPINION AND ORDER Granting 6 Motion to Dismiss (Partial Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings). Signed by District Judge Sean F. Cox. (JMcC)

Gurrola v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: January 5, 2022 as 2:2020cv01305
Court: New Mexico District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Rodrigo Gurrola
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER by Chief Magistrate Judge Carmen E. Garza granting 34 Motion for Extension of Time to File Closing Documents, and further staying the case. Closing documents due 3/7/2022. (crc)

Jose Remedios Silva Cruz, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose Remedios Silva Garcia, deceased et al v. General Motors LLC

Filed: January 3, 2022 as 4:2019cv13003
Court: Michigan Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Jose Remedios Silva Cruz, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose Remedios Silva Garcia, deceased, Arturo Aguilar Carlos, Personal Representative of the Estate of Desteny Aguilar Beltran, deceased, Maria Clara Beltran Fraire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Susana Frayre Esquivel, deceased, Arturo Aguilar Carlos, Personal Representative of the Estate of Clara Guadalupe Beltran Fraire, deceased
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability

ORDER Setting Due Date for Supplemental Briefs re 40 MOTION for Order for Application of Mexican Substantive Law: (Supplemental Briefs due by 1/28/2022.) Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HRya)

Pereda v. General Motors LLC et al

Filed: January 3, 2022 as 4:2021cv06338
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC, General Motors Holdings LLC, General Motors Company
Plaintiff: Ramiro Pereda
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability

ORDER by Judge Jon S. Tigar Granting 139 Motion for Pro Hac Vice By Christopher L. Ayer. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/3/2022)

LKQ Corporation et al v. General Motors Company et al

Filed: December 13, 2021 as 1:2020cv02753
Court: Illinois Northern District Court
Counter Claimant: GM Global Technology Operations, LLC, General Motors LLC
Counter Defendant: LKQ Corporation
Defendant: General Motors Company
Plaintiff: KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES INC.
Nature of Suit: Patent

MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order: For the reasons stated in the attached order, GM's motion to amend its infringement contentions, R. 88 , is granted. Signed by the Honorable Thomas M. Durkin on 12/13/2021. Mailed notice. (ecw, )

Conklin Fangman Kansas City LLC v. General Motors LLC

Filed: December 13, 2021 as 4:2021cv00001
Court: Missouri Western District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Conklin Fangman Kansas City LLC
Nature of Suit: Franchise

ORDER granting 16 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim. Signed on 12/13/21 by District Judge Greg Kays. (Law Clerk)

Robinson v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: December 8, 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, The Court adopts the schedule proposed by the parties on December 7, 2021. See ECF No. 8681. In particular: By January 18, 2022, Plaintiff shall disclose to New GM expert witness(es) and submit to New GM any written expert report(s), inclu ding all reliance materials in compliance with Order No. 74 (Dkt. No. 1279), required under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(B), for any expert necessary to establish accident or air bag nondeployment causation under applicable…

Robinson et al v. General Motors LLC

Filed: November 30, 2021 as 1:2020cv00663
Court: Delaware District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Joseph Palopoli, Jr., John Toda, Mariano Lorenzo Macaisa, Gini Michelle Cox, Nicole Blanchard, William Braden, Sheila Cauthen, Katrina Howard, Earl Kladke, David Conroe, Richard Schellhammer, Crystal Robinson, Robert Tyson, Gladys Tubbs, Maxine Glenn, Lana Savage, April Bradley, Kendra Piazza, Tonya Gruchacz
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re 42 ; GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART WITHOUT PREJUDICE 31 Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. (See Order for further details). Signed by Judge Robert T Dawson on 11/30/2021. (nmg)

Martell v. General Motors LLC

Filed: November 29, 2021 as 3:2020cv00284
Court: Oregon District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: William Martell
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions

Opinion and Order - The Court DENIES the pending Motion to Intervene (ECF 62 ). Signed on 11/29/2021 by Judge Michael H. Simon. (mja)

Jose Remedios Silva Cruz, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose Remedios Silva Garcia, deceased et al v. General Motors LLC

Filed: November 22, 2021 as 4:2019cv13003
Court: Michigan Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Jose Remedios Silva Cruz, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose Remedios Silva Garcia, deceased, Arturo Aguilar Carlos, Personal Representative of the Estate of Desteny Aguilar Beltran, deceased, Maria Clara Beltran Fraire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Susana Frayre Esquivel, deceased, Arturo Aguilar Carlos, Personal Representative of the Estate of Clara Guadalupe Beltran Fraire, deceased
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability

ORDER Denying Defendant's 54 Motion to Strike, or, in the Alternative, Compel the Production of Ricardo Zamora Rincon's Spanish Declaration. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

Robinson v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: November 16, 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

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: In short, for the foregoing reasons, New GM's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED as to (1) Robinson's claim for wrongful death to the extent it is based on a design defect and (2) her claim for breach o f implied warranty of merchantability, which Robinson concedes is untimely. See P1.'s Mem. 9 n.6. Otherwise, New GMs motion is DENIED. The parties are ORDERED to confer and no later than three weeks from the date of this Memorandum…

Ballard v. General Motors LLC

Filed: November 15, 2021 as 2:2020cv00260
Court: Alabama Middle District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Arthur Henry Ballard
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: construing 29 motion to dismiss as a motion for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Rule 12(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as further set out in order. It ORDERED that Def's motion for judgment on the pleadings (Doc. # 29 ) is DENIED. Signed by Honorable Judge William Keith Watkins on 11/15/2021. (cwl, )

Hodges v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: November 8, 2021 as 4:2020cv04076
Court: Arkansas Western District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Katricia Hodges
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE. Signed by Honorable Susan O. Hickey on November 8, 2021. (mll)

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

Filed: November 4, 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 with respect to 6433 Motion for Entry of a Bar Order re: 6433 JOINT MOTION for Entry of a Bar Order Litigation Trustee and Settling Defendants' Joint Motion for Entry of a Bar Order. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDER ED that, if bankruptcy court approves the settlement agreement on November 30, and opposition to entry of the Bar Order is due December 7. Any reply is due December 14. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, if the bankruptcy court does not approve the…

Gurrola v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: November 4, 2021 as 2:2020cv01305
Court: New Mexico District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Rodrigo Gurrola
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER by Chief Magistrate Judge Carmen E. Garza to submit closing documents and staying discovery. Closing documents due 1/6/2022. (crc)

Rey et al v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: October 15, 2021 as 4:2019cv00714
Court: Missouri Western District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Isaiah Quinn, Jessica Leanne Quinn, Jesslyn Quinn, Elijah Quinn, Nicolas Valadez Rey, E. Q., J. Q., I. Q.
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER denying 112 Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Allan Kam. Signed on October 15, 2021, by District Judge Greg Kays. (Law clerk)