# Estate of Edward W. Knoster v. Ford Motor Co.

> Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · September 6, 2006 · 200 F. App'x 106

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9816722

## Case

- **Full name:** ESTATE OF EDWARD W. KNOSTER, by Irene Knoster as Administratrix Ad Prosequendum; Irene Knoster, Individually; Sylvia Ann Rea; Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff, v. Irene Knoster, Third Party Defendant
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- **Decided:** September 6, 2006
- **Citations:** 200 F. App'x 106
- **Precedential status:** Unpublished
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Reavley
- **Judges:** Fisher, Chagares, Reavley
- **Cited by:** 16 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the 34 v I R Civ P 8(a)(2) 35 Adams v North West Company (International) Inc 63 VI 427 438 (Super Ct 2015) (cttmg Benjamin v AIG Ins Co ofPuerto RICO 56 VI 558 566 (VI 2012)
- finding that there was “no overlap” between the CFA where plaintiffs sought only economic damages resulting from harm to the product itself
- finding "an inference of defectiveness" where a vehicle "suddenly and spontaneously accelerated without driver input"
- holding that the adoption of a new court rule “plainly supersedes” any cases to the contrary that applied the former rule

## Opinion text

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I would affirm the judgment. The case was tried on the claim that a design defect of the cruise control caused the accident. That issue was decided against the plaintiffs. It was the speed of the cruise control setting that resulted in the wreck, but the control was not defective. Six years after Ford lost custody of this vehicle I see no justification for a res ipsa issue. And I see no evidence of consumer fraud by Ford.

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