The second huge verdict by a California jury against an automaker in four days -- $295 million against Ford Motor Co. for a fatal rollover in Stanislaus County -- seems to reflect a change in juror attitudes, some legal analysts said Tuesday."We have started to see much larger verdicts in product liability cases than ever before," said Los Angeles attorney Ed Woodsome. He attributed this to jurors tending to believe people like themselves rather than faceless corporations.
July 13, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The second huge verdict by a California jury against an automaker in four days — $295 million against Ford Motor Co. for a fatal rollover in Stanislaus County — seems to reflect a change in juror attitudes, some legal analysts said Tuesday.
A Superior Court jury on Monday awarded $5 million in compensation and $290 million in punitive damages to the family of a couple and their son who were killed when a Ford Bronco swerved to avoid a collision and overturned on a freeway in 1993.
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