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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:2301 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

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KERSHAW, COOK & TALLEY PC

William A. Kershaw (State Bar No. 057486) 

Stuart C. Talley (State Bar No. 180374)

Ian J. Barlow (State Bar No. 262213)

401 Watt Avenue

Sacramento, California 95864

Telephone: (916) 779-7000

Facsimile: (916) 721-2501

Email: bill@kctlegal.com

Email: stuart@kctlegal.com

Email: ian@kctlegal.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Class

Additional counsel listed on signature page

DYKEMA GOSSETT LLP

James P. Feeney (State Bar No. 219045)

Fred J. Fresard (Pro Hac Vice)

Krista L. Lenart (Pro Hac Vice)

333 South Grand Ave., Suite 2100

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone: (213) 457-1800

Facsimile: (213) 457-1850

Email: jfeeney@dykema.com

Email: ffresard@dykema.com

Email: klenart@dykema.com

Attorneys for Defendant

FCA US LLC f/k/a Chrysler Group LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHAWN ALGER as an individual and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

FCA US LLC f/k/a CHRYSLER GROUP 

LLC, a Delaware Corporation, and DOES 1 

through 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No.: 2:18-cv-00360-MCE-EFB

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

MODIFYING CLASS DEFINITION

Assigned to Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr.

Courtroom 7, 14th Floor

Complaint Filed: February 16, 2018

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Plaintiff Shawn Alger (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant FCA US LLC f/k/a Chrysler Group LLC 

(“Defendant”) (together, the “Parties”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate 

as follows:

STIPULATION

1. On February 18, 2020, the Court certified the following Class under Rule 23(b)(3), 

excluding any personal injury claims or damages:

All persons in California who currently own or lease, or who have 

owned or leased, any Class Vehicle manufactured by Chrysler or any 

of its subsidiaries or affiliates that is equipped with an Automatic 

Head Restraint (“AHR”) system.

Dkt. No. 141 at 3, 20. 

2. The Court also certified a California CLRA Subclass consisting of all members of 

the Class who are “consumers” within the meaning of California Civ. Code § 1761(d). Id. at 20.

3. The Court’s order identified 55 Chrysler make and model years that constitute the 

Class Vehicles. Id. at 20.

4. The parties have conferred and agreed that an additional 23 Chrysler make and 

model years are equipped with AHR Systems and so fit the Class definition. The full list of Class 

Vehicles is:

2010-2018 Dodge Journey

2010-2011 Dodge Nitro

2010-2012 Jeep Liberty

2010-2017 Jeep Patriot or Compass

2010-2012 Dodge Caliber

2010-2018 Dodge Caravan

2010-2018 Town & Country

2011-2018 Dodge Durango

2011-2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee

2010-2014 Sebring/Avenger

2010-2014 Chrysler 200

The parties therefore stipulate that the Court’s order certifying a class should be modified to 

identify all of the above make and model years as Class Vehicles. The parties further stipulate 

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that the proposed modification of the order does not trigger any right to petition for interlocutory 

appeal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f).

Dated: May 15, 2020. Respectfully submitted,

KERSHAW, COOK & TALLEY PC

By: /s/ Stuart C. Talley

STUART C. TALLEY

WILLIAM A. KERSHAW

IAN J. BARLOW 

401 Watt Avenue

Sacramento, California 95864

Telephone: (916) 779-7000

Facsimile: (916) 721-2501

Email: bill@kctlegal.com

Email: stuart@kctlegal.com

Email: ian@kctlegal.com

MARK P. CHALOS (Pro Hac Vice)

KENNETH S. BYRD (Pro Hac Vice)

MADELINE M. GOMEZ (Pro Hac Vice)

LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & 

BERNSTEIN, LLP

222 Second Avenue South, Suite 1640

Nashville, Tennessee 37201

Telephone: (615) 313-9000

Facsimile: (615) 313-9965

Email: mchalos@lchb.com

Email: kbyrd@lchb.com

Email: mgomez@lchb.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Class

Dated: May 15, 2020. DYKEMA GOSSETT LLP

By: /s/ Krista L. Lenart

KRISTA L. LENART

JAMES P. FEENEY

FRED J. FRESARD

Attorneys for Defendant

FCA US LLC f/k/a/ Chrysler Group LLC

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ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS ORDERED that Paragraph 2 of the Conclusion of the Court’s 

Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification and Appointment of Class 

Representative and Class Counsel (Dkt. No. 141) is modified to state:

2. The Court designates as Class Vehicles the following model and year FCA/Chrysler 

vehicles: 2010-2018 Dodge Journey; 2010-2011 Dodge Nitro; 2010-2012 Jeep Liberty; 

2010-2017 Jeep Patriot or Compass; 2010-2012 Dodge Caliber; 2010-2018 Dodge Caravan; 

2010-2018 Town & Country; 2011-2018 Dodge Durango; 2011-2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee; 

2010-2014 Sebring/Avenger; and 2010-2014 Chrysler 200.

This Order does not trigger any right to petition for permission to appeal under Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 23(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 21, 2020

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