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June 14, 2024 | Daily Report Online

A 'Death Penalty'? Ford Set to Ask Appeals Court to Reject $1.7B Verdict, Order New Trial

Appeal of the record verdict has drawn amicus briefs from the American Tort Reform Association, the Georgia and United States Chambers of Commerce, Georgians for Lawsuit Reform and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation.
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January 08, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Plaintiffs Who Secured $1.7B Award Accuse Ford of Trying to Double Its Briefing Page Count

With so much money on the line, parties and non-parties alike are asking the Court of Appeals to weigh in on their disputes.
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Ford Motor Company v. Cosper
Publication Date: 2023-10-11
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Automotive
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Colvin
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Philip Andrew Henderson, Michael Roger Boorman, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Paul Frederich Malek, D. Alan Thomas, (Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP), Birmingham, Michael W. Eady, (Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP), Austin, Timothy M Andrews, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
For defendant: Nathan Riggs Nicholson, Matthew Evan Cook, Kate Sievert Cook, Robert Harold Childres, III, (Cook Law Group, LLC), Gainesville, C. Tab Turner, Damon C. Singleton, (Turner & Associates, P.A.), North Little Rock, David Hogue, (Hogue Law Firm, PLLC), Fayetteville, Jonathan Andrew Parrish, (The Parrish Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., Tedra L. Cannella, (Canella Snyder LLC), Atlanta, Alyssa Bernadette Baskam, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC.), Atlanta, Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
Case number: S23Q0625

Reckless conduct under OCGA §51-1-11(c), as newly defined by the Court, is a standalone exception to the 10-year statute of repose in OCGA §51-1-11(b)(2).

November 16, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Were Ford's Attorneys Actually Sanctioned in This Products Liability Case? Here's Why the Answer Matters

"In the long history of this over-litigated case perhaps nothing heretofore filed is as deceptive as the 'motion to vacate,'" the response said. "The entire premise of the motion is captured in its title—'sanctions imposed against Ford's lawyers.' That premise is flatly contradicted by the sworn testimony of the lawyer who signed the subject motion."
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September 13, 2022 | Daily Report Online

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.
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August 31, 2022 | Daily Report Online

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.
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August 22, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'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.
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August 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

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.
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August 04, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Civil Death Penalty': Ford Trial Opens With Unusual Jury Instructions

After more than four years, Ford is back in court to defend charges the company made a faulty roof that crushed and caused the death of Melvin and Voncile Hill. This time, Ford's lawyers can only argue about how much the company should pay.
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August 03, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Retrial in Case Against Ford Over Roof Crush Is Set to Start in Georgia Court, Four Years After Mistrial

A contentious, three-week battle over the same claims ended with a mistrial in April of 2018. A series of appeals and the coronavirus pandemic delayed the retrial until now.
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