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Nature of Suit Code: 195
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL

on

MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

IN RE: FORD MOTOR CO. DPS6 POWERSHIFT

TRANSMISSION PRODUCTS LIABILITY

LITIGATION

(SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE)

CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO í41)

On February 2, 2018, the Panel transferred 75 civil action(s) to the United States District Court for

the Central District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1407. See 289 F.Supp.3d 1350 (J.P.M.L. 2018). Since that time, 432 additional action(s)

have been transferred to the Central District of California. With the consent of that court, all such

actions have been assigned to the Honorable Andre Birotte, Jr.

It appears that the action(s) on this conditional transfer order involve questions of fact that are

common to the actions previously transferred to the Central District of California and assigned to

Judge Birotte.

Pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict

Litigation, the action(s) on the attached schedule are transferred under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to the

Central District of California for the reasons stated in the order of February 2, 2018, and, with the

consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Andre Birotte, Jr.

This order does not become effective until it is filed in the Office of the Clerk of the United States

District Court for the Central District of California. The transmittal of this order to said Clerk shall

be stayed 7 days from the entry thereof. If any party files a notice of opposition with the Clerk of the

Panel within this 7íday period, the stay will be continued until further order of the Panel.

FOR THE PANEL:

John W. Nichols

Clerk of the Panel

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Mar 10, 2020

MDL No. 2814

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IN RE: FORD MOTOR CO. DPS6 POWERSHIFT

TRANSMISSION PRODUCTS LIABILITY

LITIGATION MDL No. 2814

SCHEDULE CTOí41 í TAGíALONG ACTIONS

DIST DIV. C.A.NO. CASE CAPTION

CALIFORNIA EASTERN

CAE 1 20í00263 Strong v. Ford Motor Company

CALIFORNIA NORTHERN

CAN 3 20í01215 Merino v. Ford Motor Company

CAN 3 20í01287 Lara v. Ford Motor Company

CAN 4 20í01372 Benjamin v. Ford Motor Company

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I hereby attest and certify on _________ 

that the foregoing document is full, true 

and correct copy of the original on file in 

my office, and in my legal custody. 

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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