IN RE: CHRYSLER PACIFICA FIRE RECALL PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. ANDREW BERZANSKIS; MARGARET WILENSKY; VERONICA BRYAN; MICHAEL ALEXANDER CHRISTIE; CHRISTOPHER DORN; MEAGAN POOLE FINDEISS; JAMES CALLAN FINDEISS; CHAD REI MING FONG; RUTH ISABELLA HOFFMAN; JAMES H. KAPPES; ALICIA L. KAPPES; MICHAEL PATRICK KEETH; DIAHANN H. MESSEGUER; SCOTT ALFRED OLSEN; ALEXANDER SHUSTA; JOHN C. SPRUANCE; ANDREW JOSEPH VENTURA; SPENCE S. VOSS v. FCA US, LLC - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 10, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Brandon L. Boxler, KLEIN THOMAS LEE & FRESARD, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Dennis A. Lienhardt, THE MILLER LAW FIRM PC, Rochester, Michigan, for Appellees.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Brandon L. Boxler, KLEIN THOMAS LEE & FRESARD, Richmond, Virginia, Stephen A. D’Aunoy, KLEIN THOMAS LEE & FRESARD, St. Louis, Missouri, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Dennis A. Lienhardt, E. Powell Miller, THE MILLER LAW FIRM PC, Rochester, Michigan, Steve W. Berman, Rachel E. Fitzpatrick, HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Appellees.

Judge(s): BATCHELDER, GRIFFIN, and WHITE, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. In this multi-district products liability suit, Plaintiffs allege that they purchased defective Chrysler Pacifica minivans from FCA. Several months after the case progressed into discovery, FCA learned that some plaintiffs had agreed to arbitration clauses when they purchased their minivans and moved to compel those plaintiffs to arbitration. The district court denied FCA’s motion to compel, however, after it found sua sponte that FCA had waived its right to arbitrate. FCA now challenges that decision in this interlocutory appeal, and, for the reasons below, we reverse.

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