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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc ELEANORA FERNANDEZ, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, ) ) ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) TAKATA SEAT BELTS, INC., NISSAN ) NORTH AMERICA, INC.; GENERAL ) MOTORS CORPORATION; FORD MOTOR ) COMPANY; DAIMLERCHRYSLER ) CORPORATION; SGS U.S. TESTING ) COMPANY, INC., ) ) Defendants-Appellees. ) ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-04-0277-PR Court of Appeals Division One No. 1 CA-CV 03-0473 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV 2002-022227

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Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County The Honorable Mark R. Santana AFFIRMED Court of Appeals, Division One Memorandum Decision (filed June 10, 2004) VACATED IN PART ________________________________________________________________ Rake & Catanese, PC By: David J. Catanese Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant Bowman & Brooke, LLP By: Paul G. Cereghini Jill S. Goldsmith James C. Goodwin Attorneys for Defendants-Appellees Takata Seat Belts, Inc., General Motors Corporation, and Nissan North America, Inc. Phoenix

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Carpenter & Lipps LLP By: Michael H. Carpenter Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee Takata Seat Belts, Inc. Snell & Wilmer LLP By: Martha E. Gibbs Gregory J. Marshall And: O'Melveny & Myers LLP By: Brian C. Anderson Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee Ford Motor Company Snell & Wilmer LLP By: Patrick X. Fowler And: Hogan & Hartson, LLP By: Lewis H. Goldfarb Christopher B. Wren Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee DaimlerChrysler Corporation Keller Rohrback, PLC By: Leon B. Silver Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc.

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Washington, D.C.

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New York, New York

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Pacific Legal Foundation Sacramento, California By: Deborah J. La Fetra Gregory T. Broderick Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation ________________________________________________________________

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