Recent Seventh Circuit decisions of interest
By Joseph G. Bisceglia & Nada Djordjevic
Federal Civil Practice,
September 2003
In In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 333 F.3d 763 (7th Cir. 2003), plaintiff tire owners attempted to circumvent the Seventh Circuit's earlier ruling, In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation, 288 F.3d 1012 (7th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1105 (2003), which decertified a nationwide class, by filing suit in multiple state courts.
Recent Seventh Circuit decisions of interest
By Joseph G. Bisceglia & Nada Djordjevic
Federal Civil Practice,
November 2002
In Southern Illinois Riverboat Casino Cruises, Inc. v. Triangle Insulation and Sheet Metal Co., 302 F.3d 667 (7th Cir. 2002), the owner of a casino vessel sued the seller of a maritime sealant for negligence and breach of express or implied warranty.
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