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January 17, 2012
By: CF staff

American Honda Motor Co won a legal victory as a divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday said a nationwide lawsuit over a brake system used in some Acura RL vehicles should not have been certified as a class-action.

The 2-1 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, is a fresh setback for consumers, who have seen their ability to sue collectively curtailed after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last June in favor of Wal-Mart Stores Inc that narrowed class-action litigation.