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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CAROLE TREW, on behalf of 

herself and all others 

similarly situated, and on 

behalf of the General Public as 

a Private Attorney General; 

LOREN FUNK; JUDITH AND MATTHEW 

WESLEY MARX; and SCOTT SANTOS, 

on behalf of themselves and 

others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, 

LLC, and DOES 1-100, inclusive,

 Defendants. 

______________________________/

No. 2:05-cv-01379-JAM-EFB 

ORDER APPROVING SUPPLEMENTAL 

NOTICE, ENFORCING REPORTING 

OBLIGATIONS, AND DENYING THE 

RE-OPENING OF DISCOVERY

This Court, having considered Volvo’s Motion to Approve 

Supplemental Notice To Class Members Who Did Not Receive 

Original Class Notice (the “Motion”) and Plaintiffs’ CrossMotion for Order Enforcing Judgment by Requiring Supplemental 

Notice and Enforcement of Reporting Obligations and to Re-Open 

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Discovery for Purposes of Same (the “Cross-Motion”), hereby 

GRANTS the Motion, GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the CrossMotion and further orders as follows: 

(1) Approval is hereby given to the form of and the provisions 

for disseminating the Supplemental Notice (in substantially the 

form set forth in Exhibit A to the Motion) to Additional Class 

Members. The Court finds that the Supplemental Notice to be 

given constitutes the best notice practicable under the 

circumstances, including individual notice to all Additional 

Class Members via first-class mail who can be identified with 

reasonable effort, and constitutes valid, due, and sufficient 

notice to Additional Class Members in full compliance with the 

requirements of applicable law, including the Due Process Clause 

of the United States Constitution. The costs of providing the 

Supplemental Notice to Additional Class Members shall be borne 

by Volvo. 

(2) Within 45 days of entry of this Order, Rosenthal & Company 

LLC shall deliver to the United States Postal Service for firstclass mailing, postage prepaid, copies of the Supplemental 

Notice (in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A of the 

Motion) addressed to each Additional Class Member whose most 

current available address can reasonably be found by R.L. Polk & 

Co. in its database of registered owners and/or lessees of the 

Class Vehicles and by the Rosenthal & Company LLC, who will 

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update the information received from R.L. Polk & Co. using the 

National Change of Address Database. Where necessary, Rosenthal 

& Company LLC is authorized to obtain vehicle registration 

information concerning current or former owners or lessees of 

the Class Vehicles from the appropriate state agencies for the 

sole purpose of providing mailed Supplemental Notice, and the 

relevant state agencies shall make the appropriate vehicle 

registration data available for this purpose only. After the 

initial dissemination of the Notice, Rosenthal & Company LLC 

shall undertake reasonable efforts to find updated addresses for 

any Supplemental Notice that is returned as undeliverable, and 

shall re-send the Supplemental Notice to any Settlement Class 

Members for which updated addresses are located. 

(3) Each potential Settlement Class Member who wishes to be 

excluded from the Settlement Class must submit a written request 

for exclusion (“Request for Exclusion”) to Rosenthal & Company, 

LLC at the address specified in the Supplemental Notice. Such 

Requests for Exclusion must be postmarked on or before the date 

specified in the Supplemental Notice, which shall be no less 

than 30 days after the mailing of the Supplemental Notice. To 

be effective, the Request for Exclusion must: (a) set forth the 

individual’s full name and current address, (b) identify the 

model year and model of his/her Class Vehicle(s) and the 

approximate date of purchase or lease, and (c) specifically 

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state his/her desire to be excluded from the Settlement Class. 

Any current owner or lessee of a Class Vehicle who submits 

Request for Exclusion must also provide the VIN of the vehicle 

along with that Request. Anyone who falls within the Settlement 

Class definition and does not submit a timely and complete 

Request for Exclusion shall be deemed a Settlement Class Member 

and may be bound by all proceedings, orders, and judgments of 

the Court pertaining to the Settlement Class pursuant to the 

Settlement Agreement. 

(4) Except as to those matters noted herein, the terms of the 

Settlement Agreement and Final Approval Order previously entered 

by the Court, including the reporting obligations contained in 

the Settlement Agreement at Paragraph B(5)(e) shall remain in 

full force and effect. 

(5) Discovery will not be re-opened. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 2, 2008 

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