Two product liability veterans have teamed up on a new wrongful death case against Ford Motor Co. and supplier Nexteer Automotive Corp. alleging a steering system defect.

They are Bob Cheeley of Cheeley Law Group, the Alpharetta-based plaintiff lawyer behind a recent $40 million verdict in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Cale Conley, a founding partner at Conley Griggs Partin.