The Ford Motor Co. has filed two motions to appeal the two verdicts, totaling more than $1.7 billion, a Georgia jury awarded the plaintiffs in last month’s trial involving a couple that died in a truck rollover crash because of an allegedly defective roof.
South Georgia farmers Melvin and Voncile Hill were killed in 2014 when their Ford F-250 rolled over while on their way to Americus to pick up a tractor part when a tire blew out. Their sons, Kim and Adam Hill, sued Ford in Gwinnett County State Court, claiming their parents died because the roof crushed on them in what should have been a survivable accident.
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