United States Fifth Circuit

Certification of a nationwide Rule 23(b)(3) class of Cadillac DeVille owners who allege breach of express and implied warranties against General Motors involving side-impact air bag systems is reversed where, due to significant variations in state law and the multiple individualized legal and factual questions they presented, plaintiffs failed to establish predominance for purposes of certification.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/10/2007
• Published 04/11/2007

Judges

• KING, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, GARZA and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Walter C. Thompson, Jr., Charles Michael Pisano (argued), Barkley & Thompson, New Orleans, LA, Jon Kenton Parsons, Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Frost, Balhoff & McCollister, Baton Rouge, LA, Donald Gene Kelly, Kelly, Townsend & Thomas, Natchitoches, LA, Bob F. Wright, Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., David G. Radlauer, Thomas A. Casey, Jr. (argued), Aimee M. Quirk, Jones Walker, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.