Dennis MacDougall v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 21 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DENNIS MACDOUGALL, et al. No. 20-56060

Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. 8:17-cv-01079-JGB-DFM

v.

MEMORANDUM*

AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Jesus G. Bernal, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 17, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: THOMAS and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and MOLLOY,** District Judge.

Appellants sued American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (“Honda”) on behalf of a

putative class alleging a transmission defect in certain Honda Odyssey minivan

models. Appellants’ damages claim relied, at least in part, on a conjoint survey

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Donald W. Molloy, United States District Judge for the District of Montana, sitting by designation. 1 analysis performed by economist and statistician Stefan Boedeker.…