Reniger

Reniger v. Hyundai Motor America

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122 F. Supp. 3d 888·2015 WL 4932565·87 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 476·2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109068
United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaAugust 18, 2015Case No. 14-3612 SCCalifornia10,334 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Conti, J.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND DENYING MOTION TO STRIKE ....

I. INTRODUCTION

Now before the Court are two motions in this putative class action alleging consumer protection, fraud, and warranty claims related to alleged low-speed stalling of Hyundai Santa Fe vehicles. See ECF No. 21 (“SAC”). First, Defendants Hyundai Motor America and Hyundai Motor Company (“HMC”) (collectively, “Hyundai”) hávé moved to strike Plaintiffs’ class action allegations and allegations relating to the Kia Motor Group on the grounds that these allegations are either contrary to California and Ninth Circuit law or otherwise redundant, impertinent, and immaterial under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f). ECF No. 31 (“Mot. to Strike”). Second, Defendants move to dismiss several of the named Plaintiffs for lack of standing and to dismiss the balance of Plaintiffs’ allegations for failure to state a claim. ECF No. 33 (“MTD”).

These motions are fully briefed, 1 and appropriate for resolution without oral argument under Civil Local Rule 7-1 (b). For the reasons set forth below, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART and the motion to…

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