May 08, 2015
The Ninth Circuit was urged Thursday to overturn a district judge's denial of class certification in a suit accusing American Honda Motor Co. of selling cars equipped with defective power windows, with the plaintiffs arguing the judge improperly found that the class vehicles lack a common defect.
April 23, 2015
A California federal judge shut down class claims against American Honda Motor Co. Inc. on Wednesday in litigation accusing it of selling cars with defective power windows, concluding that the plaintiffs' key expert failed to conduct a scientifically sound investigation into whether the proposed class vehicles share a common defect.
April 13, 2015
Honda Motor Co. customers who claim the automaker sold cars with defective power windows took a second shot at class certification Monday, telling a California federal judge that they had narrowed the proposed class to the state after the judge refused to grant certification in February 2014.
March 24, 2015
Customers suing American Honda Motor Co. over an alleged power window defect told a California federal court Monday that they've dug up enough evidence to show that all of the involved windows share the same plastic brackets and, as a result, the court should reconsider an earlier order denying class certification.
February 25, 2014
An attorney vowed Tuesday to continue pursuing a proposed class action against American Honda Motor Co. Inc. over an alleged power window defect, saying the plaintiffs can overcome a California federal judge's denial of class certification once they dig up more information about the window parts.
June 10, 2013
A California federal judge on Monday rejected a bid by American Honda Motor Co. to escape a class action alleging it failed to disclose a power window defect, paring breach-of-warranty claims but finding the plaintiffs had sufficiently alleged violations of California and Iowa consumer protection laws.
February 19, 2013
American Honda Motor Co. Inc. on Tuesday escaped the core fraud claims in a putative class action over an alleged power window defect as a California judge ruled two consumers had not shown Honda was aware of the problem when they bought their vehicles.