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• Mobley v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue
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CIVIL PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE, INJURY AND TORT LAW, MANUFACTURING, PRODUCT LIABILITY, TRANSPORTATION
Sigler v. Am. Honda Motor Co., No. 07-5471
In a diversity suit arising under the Tennessee Products Liability
Act (TPLA), summary judgment for defendant-Honda is reversed where:
1) circuit case law clearly prohibited consideration of unsworn
letters from various experts for Honda; and 2) plaintiff presented
sufficient evidence to establish the existence of genuine issues of
material fact regarding whether an airbag in her vehicle was
defective and caused her injuries.
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CIVIL PROCEDURE, TAX LAW
Mobley v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue, No. 07-2019
In taxpayers' action seeking a redetermination of their income tax
for a certain tax year and asking that a prior audit be reopened so
that they could produce the necessary supporting evidence, a tax
court's ruling that it lacked jurisdiction over the petition and
declining to transfer the case is affirmed where: 1) petitioners did
not challenge the tax court's jurisdictional ruling; and 2) the tax
court correctly concluded that it lacked authority to transfer the
case under 28 U.S.C. section 1631.
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