July 21, 2022
A California federal judge on Thursday certified class claims from drivers in California, New York, Colorado and Florida accusing Nissan North America Inc. of selling hundreds of thousands of vehicles with defective panoramic sunroofs, while largely denying the carmaker's motion for summary judgment.
January 14, 2019
Nissan North America Inc. and a consumer in a potential class action accusing the carmaker of selling vehicles with defective sunroofs agreed Monday to mediate the case, just months after a California federal judge denied Nissan's attempt to compel arbitration.
September 17, 2018
A California federal judge on Friday denied Nissan North America Inc.'s attempt to compel arbitration for a consumer in a potential class action accusing the carmaker of selling vehicles with defective sunroofs, finding that Nissan is not a third party to an arbitration agreement the customer signed with the dealership.
August 23, 2018
A woman in a proposed class action alleging Nissan sold cars with defective panoramic sunroofs has asked a California federal judge to deny the carmaker's motion to force the case into arbitration, arguing an arbitration agreement signed at purchase was strictly between the buyer and the dealership — not the manufacturer.
August 09, 2018
Nissan North America Inc. asked a California federal judge on Wednesday to compel individual arbitration for one of the named plaintiffs in a putative class action alleging the carmaker sold vehicles with defective panoramic sunroofs, saying she signed a broad arbitration agreement when she purchased her vehicle.
May 18, 2018
A California federal judge on Thursday rejected an effort by Nissan North America Inc. to partly dismiss a suit that accuses the automaker of violating five states' consumer protection laws by selling vehicles with defective panoramic sunroofs, saying the latest version of the suit passes muster under the laws of Illinois, California and Colorado.
April 20, 2018
Nissan drivers who seek damages over an alleged defect in panoramic sunroofs on some of the automaker's vehicles asked a California federal judge on Friday to keep their case alive, saying their updated complaint meets the requirements of Illinois and Colorado consumer protection laws.
February 16, 2018
Nissan has succeeded in trimming some breach of warranty and unfair trade practices claims from a proposed class action in California federal court alleging its panoramic sunroofs are prone to "explosively" shatter as a result of defects in the glass.
August 09, 2017
A California federal judge said Wednesday he’d likely rule that California and New York car owners could keep claims alleging some Nissan panoramic sunroofs shatter due to a defect in the glass, adding he’d kill the nationwide claims but give the putative class a chance to add representative plaintiffs from other states.
May 03, 2017
Nissan North America Inc. on Tuesday urged a California federal court to throw out a proposed class action over panoramic sunroofs that allegedly shatter due to a defect in the glass, saying in part that its warranties don't cover the problem.