Northern District of Illinois Plaintiffs' Committee Requests Nationwide Consolidation of All Individual and Class Actions Filed Against Bridgestone, Firestone and Ford
17 October 2000
Northern District of Illinois Plaintiffs' Committee Requests Nationwide Consolidation of All Individual and Class Actions Filed Against Bridgestone, Firestone and Ford
CHICAGO--Oct. 17, 2000--Northern District of Illinois Plaintiffs' Committee Requests
Nationwide Consolidation of All Individual and Class Actions Filed Against Bridgestone, Firestone and Ford for Economic Damages, Injuries
and Deaths for All Defective Tires
Kenneth B. Moll, Esq. of Kenneth B. Moll & Associates, Ltd., a member of the Northern District of Illinois Plaintiffs' Committee, presented oral argument today before the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation requesting consolidation of all Federally filed lawsuits on behalf of all persons that suffered economic damages, personal injury or death as a result of defective tires, designed, manufactured, sold, and distributed by Bridgestone, Inc., Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. and Ford Motor Co.
The Committee requested inclusion of all individual personal injury cases, all personal injury class actions and all consumer class actions. The Northern District of Illinois Plaintiffs' Attorneys currently represent clients in four different categories of cases including individual personal injury cases, Statewide Class Action, Nationwide Class Action and the only Worldwide Class Action.
The Class Action filed by Kenneth B. Moll & Associates, Ltd. is the only Worldwide Class Action and 1 of only 2 Class Actions on behalf of personal injury claims. Other attorneys representing clients in personal injury cases filed around the nation argued that personal injury claims should be consolidated separately from the consumer class actions. The Judicial Panel, 5 Federal Judges, questioned Mr. Moll about consolidation of both types of cases before one judge. Mr. Moll responded to the Panel that consolidation is the only appropriate procedure for a speedy resolution of these very important cases. Mr. Moll stated that "this litigation demands a Federal Judge that will quickly resolve the recall issue to prevent further injuries to owners of vehicles equipped with defective tires."
The Worldwide Class Action includes representatives on behalf of Americans, Venezuelans and citizens of other countries seeking recovery for personal injuries, property damage, reimbursement, loss of resale value to their SUV's and a fully inclusive recall of all defective tires.