JOHNSON v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Civil Action No. 3:13-6529.

CHARLES JOHNSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Huntington Division.

March 13, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity - Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Nature of Suit: 355 Motor Vehicle Prod. Liability
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Johnson, Michael Antramgarza, Quintin Williams, ACA Legal Investigations, Inc., John McGee, David H. Patton & Inez A. Patton, Plaintiffs, represented by Adam J. Levitt , DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY, pro hac vice, Alison K. Hurley , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, pro hac vice, Amy E. Keller , DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY, Anne M. Tarvin , BARTIMUS FRICKLETON ROBERTSON RADER, Benjamin L. Price , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, pro hac vice, Bradley D. Honnold , BARTIMUS FRICKLETON ROBERTSON & GOZA, C. Calvin Warriner, III , SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA BARNHART & SHIPLEY, pro hac vice, Donald H. Slavik , SLAVICK LAW FIRM, pro hac vice, E. Powell Miller , THE MILLER LAW FIRM, pro hac vice, Edgar F. Heiskell, III , EDGAR F. HEISKELL, III, Grant Lavalle Davis , DAVIS BETHUNE & JONES, Gregory M. Travalio , ISAAC WILES BURKHOLDER & TEETOR, pro hac vice, Guy R. Bucci , BUCCI BAILEY & JAVINS, James Bartimus , BARTIMUS FRICKLETON ROBERTSON RADER, pro hac vice, Jason H. Dang , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, Jeff A. Almeida , GRANT & EISENHOFER, John T. Murray , MURRAY & MURRAY, pro hac vice, John Scarola , SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA BARNHART & SHIPLEY, pro hac vice, John E. Tangren , DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY, pro hac vice, Joseph J. Siprut , SIPRUT, pro hac vice, Keith G. Bremer , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, Kyle J. McGee , GRANT & EISENHOFER, L. Lee Javins, II , BAILEY JAVINS & CARTER, Malcolm T. Brown , WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ, Mark A. DiCello , THE DICELLO LAW FIRM, pro hac vice, Mark H. Troutman , ISAAC WILES BURKHOLDER & TEETOR, pro hac vice, Martha J. Olijnyk , THE MILLER LAW FIRM, Matthew M. Wawrzyn , SIPRUT, Michael Jaffe , WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ, Nathan B. Atkinson , SPILMAN THOMAS & BATTLE, Niall A. Paul , SPILMAN THOMAS & BATTLE, Richard L. Merpi, II , THE MILLER LAW FIRM, pro hac vice, Robert F. DiCello , THE DICELLO LAW FIRM, Stacey Kelly Breen , WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ, Stephen J. Fearon, Jr. , SQUITIERI & FEARON, Stephen M. Gorny , BARTIMUS FRICKLETON ROBERTSON & GORNY, pro hac vice, Thomas C. Jones , DAVIS BETHUNE & JONES, pro hac vice, Timothy C. Bailey , BUCCI BAILEY & JAVINS & Timothy C. Gaarder , DAVIS BETHUNE & JONES.

Daniel Gallegos, 3:13-cv-14207, Plaintiff, represented by Adam J. Levitt , DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY, pro hac vice, Alison K. Hurley , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, pro hac vice, Amy E. Keller , DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY, Benjamin L. Price , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, pro hac vice, C. Calvin Warriner, III , SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA BARNHART & SHIPLEY, pro hac vice, E. Powell Miller , THE MILLER LAW FIRM, pro hac vice, Edgar F. Heiskell, III , EDGAR F. HEISKELL, III, Grant Lavalle Davis , DAVIS BETHUNE & JONES, Gregory M. Travalio , ISAAC WILES BURKHOLDER & TEETOR, pro hac vice, Guy R. Bucci , BUCCI BAILEY & JAVINS, James Bartimus , BARTIMUS FRICKLETON ROBERTSON RADER, pro hac vice, Jason H. Dang , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, John H. Gomez , GOMEZ & IAGMIN, John T. Murray , MURRAY & MURRAY, pro hac vice, John Scarola , SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA BARNHART & SHIPLEY, pro hac vice, John E. Tangren , DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY, pro hac vice, Joseph J. Siprut , SIPRUT, pro hac vice, Keith G. Bremer , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, L. Lee Javins, II , BAILEY JAVINS & CARTER, Mark A. DiCello , THE DICELLO LAW FIRM, pro hac vice, Mark H. Troutman , ISAAC WILES BURKHOLDER & TEETOR, pro hac vice, Martha J. Olijnyk , THE MILLER LAW FIRM, Matthew M. Wawrzyn , SIPRUT, Michael Jaffe , WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ, Nathan B. Atkinson , SPILMAN THOMAS & BATTLE, Niall A. Paul , SPILMAN THOMAS & BATTLE, Richard L. Merpi, II , THE MILLER LAW FIRM, pro hac vice, Robert F. DiCello , THE DICELLO LAW FIRM, Stephen M. Gorny , BARTIMUS FRICKLETON ROBERTSON & GORNY, pro hac vice, Timothy C. Bailey , BUCCI BAILEY & JAVINS, Timothy C. Gaarder , DAVIS BETHUNE & JONES, V. Paul Bucci, II , LAFFEY BUCCI & KENT & Stephanie Poli , GOMEZ & IAGMIN.

Timothy Matthews, 3:13-cv-14207, Samuel Hairston, 3:13-cv-14207, Rhoda Jeffers, 3:13-cv-14207, Mary Phippen, 3:13-cv-14207, Robert Agris, 3:13-cv-14207, Jonathan Poma, 3:13-cv-14207, John E. Grimaldi, 3:13-cv-14207, Shelley Riley, 3:13-cv-14207, Charles T. Burd, 3:13-cv-20976, William S. Troutman, 3:13-cv-20976, Shane Mayfield, 3:13-cv-20976, Andrea Martin, 3:13-cv-20976, Thomas Porter, 3:13-cv-20976 & Hasen Design Build & Development, Inc., 3:13-cv-20976, Consol Plaintiffs, represented by Adam J. Levitt , DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY, pro hac vice, Alison K. Hurley , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, pro hac vice, Amy E. Keller , DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY, Benjamin L. Price , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, pro hac vice, C. Calvin Warriner, III , SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA BARNHART & SHIPLEY, pro hac vice, E. Powell Miller , THE MILLER LAW FIRM, pro hac vice, Edgar F. Heiskell, III , EDGAR F. HEISKELL, III, Grant Lavalle Davis , DAVIS BETHUNE & JONES, Gregory M. Travalio , ISAAC WILES BURKHOLDER & TEETOR, pro hac vice, Guy R. Bucci , BUCCI BAILEY & JAVINS, James Bartimus , BARTIMUS FRICKLETON ROBERTSON RADER, pro hac vice, Jason H. Dang , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, John H. Gomez , GOMEZ & IAGMIN, John T. Murray , MURRAY & MURRAY, pro hac vice, John Scarola , SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA BARNHART & SHIPLEY, pro hac vice, John E. Tangren , DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY, pro hac vice, Joseph J. Siprut , SIPRUT, pro hac vice, Keith G. Bremer , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, L. Lee Javins, II , BAILEY JAVINS & CARTER, Mark A. DiCello , THE DICELLO LAW FIRM, pro hac vice, Mark H. Troutman , ISAAC WILES BURKHOLDER & TEETOR, pro hac vice, Martha J. Olijnyk , THE MILLER LAW FIRM, Matthew M. Wawrzyn , SIPRUT, Michael Jaffe , WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ, Nathan B. Atkinson , SPILMAN THOMAS & BATTLE, Niall A. Paul , SPILMAN THOMAS & BATTLE, Richard L. Merpi, II , THE MILLER LAW FIRM, pro hac vice, Robert F. DiCello , THE DICELLO LAW FIRM, Stephen M. Gorny , BARTIMUS FRICKLETON ROBERTSON & GORNY, pro hac vice, Timothy C. Bailey , BUCCI BAILEY & JAVINS, Timothy C. Gaarder , DAVIS BETHUNE & JONES, V. Paul Bucci, II , LAFFEY BUCCI & KENT & Stephanie Poli , GOMEZ & IAGMIN.

Ford Motor Company, Defendant, represented by Andrew J. Trask , MCGUIRE WOODS, pro hac vice, Bradley J. Schmalzer , FLAHERTY SENSABAUGH & BONASSO, Brian D. Schmalzbach , MCGUIRE WOODS, pro hac vice, Harold C. Zuckerman , MCAFEE & TAFT, Jeffrey A. Holmstrand , GROVE & DELK, Jill Crawley Griset , MCGUIRE WOODS, Jodi Munn Schebel , BOWMAN & BROOKE, pro hac vice, John Tracy Walker, IV , MCGUIRE WOODS, pro hac vice, Michael Bonasso , FLAHERTY SENSABAUGH & BONASSO, Perry Watson Miles, IV , MCGUIRE WOODS, pro hac vice, Peter J. Fazio , AARONSON RAPPAPORT FEINSTEIN & DEUTSCH, pro hac vice, Sarah Virginia Bondurant Price , MCGUIRE WOODS, pro hac vice, Susan W. Romaine , FLAHERTY SENSABAUGH & BONASSO, Tennille Jo Checkovich , MCGUIRE WOODS & William J. Hanna , FLAHERTY SENSABAUGH & BONASSO.

Ford Motor Company, Counter Claimant, represented by Andrew J. Trask , MCGUIRE WOODS, Bradley J. Schmalzer , FLAHERTY SENSABAUGH & BONASSO, Brian D. Schmalzbach , MCGUIRE WOODS, pro hac vice, Harold C. Zuckerman , MCAFEE & TAFT, Jason H. Dang , BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O'MEARA, Jeffrey A. Holmstrand , GROVE & DELK, Jodi Munn Schebel , BOWMAN & BROOKE, pro hac vice, John Tracy Walker, IV , MCGUIRE WOODS, pro hac vice, Michael Bonasso , FLAHERTY SENSABAUGH & BONASSO, Perry Watson Miles, IV , MCGUIRE WOODS, pro hac vice, Peter J. Fazio , AARONSON RAPPAPORT FEINSTEIN & DEUTSCH, Sarah Virginia Bondurant Price , MCGUIRE WOODS, pro hac vice, Susan W. Romaine , FLAHERTY SENSABAUGH & BONASSO, Tennille Jo Checkovich , MCGUIRE WOODS & William J. Hanna , FLAHERTY SENSABAUGH & BONASSO.

Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, Interested Party, represented by Michael M. Stevens , MARTIN & SEIBERT.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

On February 1, 2018, the Court held a hearing on Ford Motor Company's Motion for Summary Judgment. At the hearing, Plaintiffs sought to have admitted into the record a number of technical reports related to the work of their expert Todd H. Hubing, Ph.D. Ford objected to the...

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