U.S. Sixth Circuit Panel’s Rejection of GM’s Article III Standing and Predominance Challenges to Class Certification is Now Set for Rehearing En Banc in Multi-State Defective Transmission Case

An August 2024 decision by a panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit in Speerly v. General Motors, which underscores key developments in the law governing class certification, Article III standing, and the treatment of manifest defects in consumer claims, is set for rehearing by the entire bench. The case centers around the claims of purchasers from twenty-six states alleging defects in General Motors’s (“GM”) 8L45 and 8L90 transmissions, claiming issues such as “shuddering” and poor shift quality that…
By: Fishman Haygood LLP