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Nature of Suit Code: 195
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEVE FERRARI, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

MERCEDES BENZ USA, LLC, ET AL., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 17-cv-00018-YGR 

ORDER DIRECTING SUBMISSION OF 

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION IN SUPPORT 

OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL 

On May 4, 2018, plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary approval of class action 

settlement and to certify the class. The Court has implemented a process to gather additional 

information to aid it in its assessment of the settlement and to require an audit after distributions. 

Plaintiffs’ counsel is directed to provide further information as set forth below by June 5, 2018. 

The information should be provided in a summary chart format, preferably similar to that shown 

in Appendix A hereto from William B. Rubenstein, The Fairness Hearing: Adversarial and 

Regulatory Approaches, 53 UCLA L. REV. 1435, 1460 (2006).1

 To the extent that plaintiff seeks 

reimbursement for expert fees, such fees shall be separately identified. Likewise, to the extent that 

relief differs for separate classes or subclasses, the settlement fund information shall be broken 

down accordingly. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 10, 2018 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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 Counsel are referred to further discussion on these issues in Nicholas M. Pace and 

William Rubenstein, “Shedding Light on Outcomes in Class Actions,” in CONFIDENTIALITY,

TRANSPARENCY, AND THE U.S. CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM, Ch. 2 (Joseph W. Doherty, Robert T. 

Reville, and Laura Zakaras, eds., Oxford University Press, 2008). 

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