Johnson v. Glock, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STEVEN C. JOHNSON, Case No. 20-cv-08807-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER ON MOTION FOR CLASS
v. CERTIFICATION AND MOTIONS TO
STRIKE [REDACTED]
GLOCK, INC., et al., Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 145, 146, 147, 148, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 167, 169
12 Plaintiff Steven C. Johnson moves to certify a class of consumers who purchased Glock 13 pistols designed to shoot identified calibers of ammunition. Plaintiff’s Motion for Class 14 Certification, Dkt. No. 145 (“C.C. Mot.”). Plaintiff’s theory is that all of these pistols have an 15 unsupported chamber (“unsupported chamber defect” or “UCD”) that creates a “propensity” for 16 these guns to “catastrophically fail and explode” with ammunition that is charged at or over 200% 17 of the recommended pressure or has casing weaknesses, that according to plaintiff “can occur 18 during normal use with factory ammunition as Glock directs.” Plaintiff’s Reply ISO Class 19 Certification, Dkt. No. 169 (“C.C. Reply”) at…