Because a lead plaintiff sold her vehicle before joining a putative class action against Chrysler Group LLC, a California federal judge sanctioned the woman for effectively destroying evidence and refused to certify a class of Maryland Jeep Liberty owners she had intended to represent.
U.S. District Judge James Selna of the Central District of California on Oct. 9 agreed with Chrysler’s counsel that plaintiff Robin Allen was not a proper class representative in the proposed action. The suit alleges replacement window regulators in 2002 to 2007 Jeep Liberties are defective, rendering the windows prone to crashing to the bottom of the doors or freezing in place.
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