Case Management Conference Reset in Suit vs. Nissan Over 3G Phaseout

U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes for Middle Tennessee in Nashville rescheduled an initial case management telephone conference to Feb. 2 from Dec. 12 in a breach of implied warranty class action against Nissan North America over obsolete vehicle telematics systems, said her order Monday (docket 3:22-cv-00933). Nissan has until Jan. 23 to answer the complaint, and it would be “premature” to hold an initial case management conference before that deadline, said Holmes. Plaintiff George Schwarz, owner of a 2016 Nissan Maxima Platinum, sued the automaker Nov. 16, alleging on behalf of the proposed class that NissanConnect, Infiniti InTouch and Infiniti Connection roadside services were rendered inoperable after AT&T’s 3G phaseout in 2022 due to Nissan’s installation of obsolete telematics equipment in multiple lines of vehicles dating to the 2013 model year.