District of Columbia Court of Appeals April 20, 2000, 98-CV-1437, 99-CV-618 (Thoubboron v. Ford Motor Co.)

TERRY, Associate Judge:

These consolidated appeals are the latest chapter in a decade of litigation in the courts of Pennsylvania, Illinois, and the District of Columbia. This case was one of four proposed nationwide class actions, all involving allegedly faulty transmissions in certain Ford automobiles, filed by attorney Beverly C. Moore, Jr., and others.