Avedisian

AMENDED ORDER RE DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [129]

This matter is before the Court on Defendant Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC’s (“MBUSA”) motion for summary judgment. [Doe. # 129.] A hearing on this motion was held on September 5, 2014. Having duly considered the parties’ written submissions and oral argument, the Court now GRANTS Defendant’s motion.

I.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

As it must on this motion for summary judgment, the Court sets forth the material facts and views all reasonable inferences to be drawn from them in the light most favorable to Plaintiff Ani Avedisian, the *1074 non-moving party. The following facts are undisputed unless otherwise noted.

A. The Vehicle’s Purchase, Repair, and Operational History

This action concerns Plaintiffs allegations that she, her husband, and other passengers in her 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS 500 received cuts from the peeling chrome trim on certain interior car components, such as the gear shifter and cup holder (“Chrome Defect”). Plaintiff purchased her car used on May 17, 2009. (Defendant’s Responses and Objections to Plaintiffs Statement of Genuine Disputes (“D’s Responses”) ¶2; see Declaration of Troy M. Yoshino (“Yoshino…