California jury orders Ford to pay $73 million for rollover 
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: December 1, 2011
Tags: California, car crash, Ford, Goodyear, recall, rollover, tires, wrongful death
A California jury has ordered Ford to pay $73 million for a rollover crash that killed two people and injured two others when a recalled tire blew out.
The verdict includes $50 million in punitive damages.
Jury awards $73 million in rollover crash
Published: November 14, 2011
Tags: California, car crash, Ford, rollover, wrongful death
A Sacramento County, Calif. jury says Ford Motor Co. must pay $73 million in damages to three plaintiffs after a fatal 2004 rollover crash.
Ford rollover plaintiffs need expert testimony to proceed
Published: September 21, 2011
Tags: consumer expectation, design defect, expert witnesses, Ford Explorer, product liability, rollover
Plaintiffs who sustained injuries in the rollover of a Ford Explorer could not proceed without expert witnesses, even though they sued under a consumer expectation theory of product liability, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
Hyundai liable for passenger’s death in SUV crash
Published: August 26, 2011
Tags: defective design, Hyundai, product liability, rollover, SUV
The manufacturer of a sports utility vehicle could be liable for the death of passenger who was ejected from her reclined seat in a rollover crash, the 5th Circuit has ruled in affirming an $810,000 jury verdict.
Jury properly instructed in Ford rollover case
Published: August 9, 2011
Tags: consumer expectations test, Ford Explorer, jury instruction, product liability, rollover
A product liability plaintiff was not entitled to a jury instruction on the “consumer expectation test” in a lawsuit involving the rollover of a Ford Explorer, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming a defense verdict.
Amputee gets $2.2 million ATV settlement
By:
Fred Horlbeck
Published: April 27, 2011
Tags: amputee, ATV, ATV litigation, rollover, rollover litigation
A man whose leg had to be amputated from the knee down after an ATV rollover has settled a negligence claim against the driver for $2.2 million.
Yamaha adds another win in Rhino rollover case
Published: April 21, 2011
Tags: rollover, Yamaha Rhino
A Los Angeles jury delivered a defense win last week to Yamaha in a case involving a rollover of its off-road Rhino vehicle.
Judge can’t request ‘volunteers’ for long jury trial
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 17, 2011
Tags: Ford Motor Co., jury selection, product liability, rollover
A judge violated a product liability defendant’s right to a randomly selected jury when he asked for a show of hands of prospective jurors able to sit through a long trial, the Alabama Supreme Court has ruled.
Land Rover liable for SUV rollover
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 21, 2011
Tags: Land Rover, product liability, rollover
Land Rover is strictly liable for severe spinal injuries suffered by a driver when his sports utility vehicle rolled over, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming a $22 million verdict.
Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2010
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 18, 2011
Tags: airplane crash, asbestos, automobile accident, defective design, Engle litigation, Hepatitis C, legal malpractice, natural gas, rollover, tobacco, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2010
The size of the Top Ten Jury Verdicts increased again in 2010.
The average increased less than the prior year, however, rising from nearly $145 million to just under $157 million. (The average for 2009 increased nearly $33 million from the
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