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Costa et al v. FCA US LLC et al

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Case Number:

1:20-cv-11810

Court:

Nature of Suit:

Personal Inj. Prod. Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Allison D. Burroughs

Firms

Companies

FCA US LLC

Sectors & Industries:

Consumer Goods
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August 04, 2025
FCA Juror's Possible Conflict Can't Justify Retrial, Judge Says

A class action trial against Fiat Chrysler in 2023 was not tainted by a juror whose employer was negotiating a deal with the automaker's parent company Stellantis NV, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday, rejecting a bid by a class of drivers who sued over allegedly defective headrests.
November 14, 2023
Fiat Chrysler Avoids Damages In Faulty Headrest Class Action

A Boston federal jury said Tuesday that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles won't have to pay a dime to Massachusetts car owners to swap out purportedly defective headrests prone to inadvertently deploying without warning.
November 13, 2023
Chrysler Headrest Trial Closes With Fight Over Defect's Scope

Automobile owners suing Fiat Chrysler for selling vehicles with malfunctioning active headrests that can inadvertently deploy summed up to a Boston federal jury on Monday the rationale for the unfair trade practice class action: "Your car should never hit you."
November 08, 2023
Chrysler Fears 'Windfall' In Faulty Headrest Trial

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles attacked damages calculations offered Wednesday by an accountant in an unfair trade practices class action related to vehicle headrests that inadvertently deploy without warning, saying the proposed $122 million figure would be an unjust "windfall" for Massachusetts customers.
October 31, 2023
Faulty Fiat Chrysler Headrests Mere 'Nuisance,' Jury Told

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles told federal jurors in Boston Tuesday that the fraction of its automatic headrests that malfunction and deploy without warning are more "a nuisance" than the type of unsafe defect that could injure a driver or lead to an accident on the roadway.
September 21, 2023
Fiat Chrysler Wants Class Spiked In Headrest Defect Suit

Fiat Chrysler urged a Boston federal judge Thursday to decertify a class hurtling toward trial on claims that the Stellantis-owned automotive giant sold vehicles with defective automatic headrests, citing a late-game request to drop tens of thousands of class members from the case.