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FEINSTEIN v. FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER CO.

Nos. 78 Civ. 4342-CSH, 78 Civ. 4301-CSH and 80 Civ. 2339-CSH.

535 F.Supp. 595 (1982)

Richard L. FEINSTEIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER CO., Defendant. Irving KANTER, etc., Plaintiff, v. FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER CO., Defendant. Mary JACKS and Eileen Miller, etc., Plaintiffs, v. FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER CO., INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

March 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kass, Goodkind, Wechsler & Gerstein, New York City, for Feinstein plaintiffs; Stuart D. Wechsler, Robert S. Schachter, Samuel K. Rosen, Jonathan M. Plasse, New York City, of counsel.

David Jaroslawicz and Greenfield & Schoen, P. C., New York City, for Kanter plaintiffs.

Gene Mesh Co., L. P. A., Cincinnati, Ohio, Guren, Merritt, Sogg & Cohen, Cleveland, Ohio, for Jacks plaintiffs; Gene Mesh, Cincinnati, Ohio, David Schaefer, Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel.

Townley & Updike, New York City, Jones Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.; James K. Leader, New York City, Patrick F. McCartan, John L. Strauch, Robert R. Weller, John W. Edwards, II, Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HAIGHT, District Judge:

Plaintiffs in the three captioned actions move for class certification under Rule 23, F.R.Civ.P. The defendant in each case is The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company ("Firestone"). The cases arise out of a series of failures of Firestone-manufactured steel belted radial tires, which in 1978 prompted reports by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA") and the Committee on Interstate...

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