In Re All Terrain Vehicle Litigation.

979 F.2d 755 In re ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE LITIGATION. Michael REINHEIMER; Wesley Weir; Michael Schwartzberger; Joseph Sposato; Robert Abers; Arthur Ingraham; Sylvia Grunor; Fred Booth, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HONDA MOTOR CO. LTD., et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-55475. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 8, 1992. Decided Nov. 10, 1992. David H. Weinstein, Kohn, Savett, Klein & Graf, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs-appellants. Howard P. Willens, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: BROWNING and FARRIS, Circuit Judges, GEORGE, * District Judge. PER CURIAM: 1 Plaintiffs, a class of owners of three wheel all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), filed several separate suits in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the Specialty Vehicle Industry Association of America and several manufacturers and distributors of ATVs. 1 Plaintiffs claimed ATVs are inherently dangerous and sought compensation for their economic loss under 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (RICO); the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2051 et seq.;…