Honda Federal Appellate Court Decisions

ANDRE WONG, ET AL V. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC., ET AL

Filed: February 14, 2024


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 22-56113

STACY RITCH, ET AL V. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.

Filed: November 7, 2023


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 22-35448

Kim v. American Honda Motor

Filed: November 7, 2023


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Number: 22-40790

DENNIS MACDOUGALL V. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.

Filed: December 21, 2021


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 20-56060

William Bedford v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Filed: December 17, 2020


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Number: 20-60214

ERIC STEINMETZ V. AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORP.

Filed: November 9, 2020


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 19-16865

HEATHER FLOYD V. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.

Filed: July 28, 2020


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 18-55957

Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act/Class Action Fairness Act The panel affirmed in part and vacated in part the district court’s dismissal of a putative class action raising warranty claims under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and state law arising out of crashes or injuries caused by the alleged “rollaway effect” of certain Honda Civic vehicles. The parties disputed whether the district court’s order of dismissal was final and appealable. The panel held that it had…

Grodzitsky v. American Honda Motor Co.

Filed: April 29, 2020


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 18-55417

Expert Opinion / Class Certification. The panel affirmed the district court’s order excluding plaintiff’s expert opinion, and denying class certification in a design defect case concerning 2003–2008 Honda Pilot vehicles. The proposed class were purchasers and lessees of Honda Pilots who alleged that the vehicles were defectively designed when the regulators failed to properly support the side windows, rendering the windows inoperable. Plaintiff’s expert Glenn…

MICHAEL PRESTON V. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY

Filed: August 7, 2019


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 18-56023

HARVINDER SINGH V. AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORP.

Filed: May 30, 2019


Court: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 17-35964

Class Action Fairness Act. The panel affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants in a putative class action against the American Honda Finance Corporation and various car dealerships alleging defendants failed to provide plaintiff with add-ons that were promised in the Dealer Addendum when plaintiff bought his new Honda Accord. Plaintiff brought a putative class action in Washington state superior court, and defendant American Honda Finance Corporation…

Williams v. American Honda Finance

Filed: October 24, 2018


Court: US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Case Number: 16-1275

Williams v. American Honda Finance

Filed: June 8, 2017


Court: US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Case Number: 16-1275

Joseph Flynn, et al v. Amer Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Filed: June 9, 2016


Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Number: 15-20220