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Hills Seeking $549M in Attorney Fees in Ford $1.7B Verdict
"Fundamentally, if you think about this, contingency fees are critical to allow people who are hurt by big corporations to hold them responsible," said Michael Terry, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys.
Butler to Share Success Stories at ABA's Legends of the Bar Lecture
"We started this … just to honor people we think of as legends and to hear from them," said Randy Kessler, who's moderating the lecture series. "[Butler] was just the most obvious choice as a trailblazer. We're trying to find people who are trailblazers, trendsetters."
Interest Clock Is Ticking While Ford Appeals $1.7B Verdict
Gwinnett State Court Senior Judge Joseph Iannazzone has ordered Ford to pay compensatory damages of $16.8 million and punitive damages of $1.7 billion—plus interest at a rate of 8.5% annually while the appeal is pending.
Litigator of the Week: The Ga. Lawyer Who Hit Ford With a $1.7 Billion Product Liability Verdict
The punitive damages win last week by Jim Butler of Butler Prather for the family of a couple who died after the roof of their F-250 pickup collapsed in a rollover crash marked his eighth verdict of more than $100 million.
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Litigator of the Week: The Georgia Lawyer Who Hit Ford With a $1.7 Billion Product Liability Verdict
The punitive damages win last week by Jim Butler of Butler Prather for the family of a couple who died after the roof of their F-250 pickup collapsed in a rollover crash marked his eighth verdict of more than $100 million.
'Heard Round the World:' Ford Hit With $1.7B Punitive Damages Verdict in Ga. Trial
Plaintiffs attorney Jim Butler said the award was the "largest verdict by far in Georgia history." Ford has promised to appeal.
The Big Money Musk Sees in Lithium Is Getting Harder to Make
Elon Musk described lithium refining as the hard part in the complex process of getting raw materials out of the ground and into Tesla's cars.Ga. Jury Reaches $16.8M Verdict Against Ford, With Punitive Damages Phase to Come
Plaintiffs' attorney Jim Butler Jr. asked the jury to make a finding that would influence the company to issue warnings or recalls for the current owners of F-250s like the Hills' truck.
The Value of Oral Contracts in Franchise Transactions
The franchise case begins with a quote of movie mogul, Samuel Goldwyn, "A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on." Goldwyn's truism regarding contract law is remembered in the case of Van Bortel v. Ford Motor, (W.D. NY Aug. 10, 2022).Trending Stories
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