Court throws out bid to take Goodyear runflat case to class action

ERJ staff report (DS)

New York -- A US Federal court has denied a claimant's bid to convert a lawsuit claiming damages over Goodyear's runflat tyres fitted to the BMW Mini Cooper S model to a class action.

Claimant Gerarld Oscar (“Oscar”) brought an actaion against BMW of North

America, LLC (“BMW”) alleging that the Goodyear run-flat tyres (“RFTs”) with which his 2006

MINI Cooper S was equipped were defective. Oscar wanted to change the action to a class action, but the courts denied this request.

Oscar filed this suit on January 5, 2009 against BMW and Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Company, Inc. (“Goodyear”). On June 5, 2009, BMW moved to dismiss certain counts of

Oscar's complaint, and Goodyear moved to dismiss the complaint against Goodyear in its

entirety.

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Court document from MassTortDefense.com

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