Ford Motor State Court Decisions

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC, Plaintiff-Respondent, vs. DAVID HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Filed: November 9, 2012

State: Missouri
Court: Court of Appeals
Case Number: SD31568

Ford Motor Co. v. Florentino Garza d/b/a Tino's Auto Mart--Appeal from 79th Judicial District Court of Jim Wells County

Filed: October 31, 2012

State: Texas
Court: Fourth Court of Appeals
Case Number: 04-12-00473-CV

Earl Thomas Burgess v. Ford Motor Company

Filed: September 28, 2012

State: Tennessee
Court: Court of Appeals
Case Number: M2011-00654-COA-R3-CV

Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell

Ford Motor Co. v. Washington

Filed: September 27, 2012

State: Arkansas
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: 2012 Ark. 354
Case Number: 11-612

Appellant and Appellee jointly petitioned the Supreme Court for rehearing following the dismissal of Appellant's appeal without prejudice due to lack of a final order. In the dismissal, the Supreme Court denied Appellee's motion to nonsuit her claims against another defendant because no order dismissing the defendant from the case was entered. In their petition, Petitioners contended that, pursuant to Ark. R. App. P.-Civ. 3, the order in the appeal was final because they abandoned any…

Ford Motor Co. v. Washington

Filed: September 13, 2012

State: Arkansas
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: 2012 Ark. 325
Case Number: 11-612

Defendant Ford Motor Company appealed from the judgment of the circuit court reflecting the jury's award of compensatory and punitive damages in favor of Plaintiff, individually and as administratrix of her husband's estate, and as parent and legal guardian of the couple's child. Plaintiff's action arose out of an automobile accident that killed her husband. Plaintiff filed a complaint against Ford, the manufacturer of the automobile the couple was driving, and Freeway Ford Lincoln…

TURNER, ET AL., V. FORD MOTOR

Filed: August 15, 2012

State: Florida
Court: Third District Court of Appeal
Case Number: 3D11-1377

Blumer v. Ford Motor Company and McCrackin Ford, Inc.

Filed: August 8, 2012

State: Pennsylvania
Court: Supreme Court
Case Number: 417 WAL 2011

MARK GODFREDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Filed: July 25, 2012

State: Iowa
Court: Court of Appeals
Case Number: 2-392/11-1754

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC v. PATRICIA MENDOLA / v. JAGUAR LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA LLC , RAY CATENA JAGUAR OF EDISON, and MODERN AUTO BODY OF SOUTH ORANGE, INC and MADISON JAGUAR, MAIN AUTO SALES INC., and BOB OROZCO 2012 —

Filed: July 24, 2012

State: New Jersey
Court: Appellate Division (Published)
Case Number: a4675-10

J.A.D. The precise and limited issue we decide is whether a claimant must present expert testimony to support her causes of action against several defendants in the automotive business for damages sustained when the engine of her leased automobile seized. Third-party plaintiff Patricia Mendola appeals from orders granting summary judgment to third-party defendants because she did not produce a report of an expert witness by the close of discovery. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. PATRICIA CHACON, ET AL.

Filed: June 29, 2012

State: Texas
Court: Supreme Court
Case Number: 10-0506

Dixon v. Ford Motor Co.

Filed: June 29, 2012

State: Maryland
Court: Court of Special Appeals
Case Number: 0536/11

Campbell v. Ford Motor

Filed: June 19, 2012

State: California
Court: Court of Appeal
Case Number: B221322M

Funkhouser v. Ford Motor Co.

Filed: June 7, 2012

State: Virginia
Court: Supreme Court
Case Number: 111207

Steven Funkhouser, administrator of the estate of Emily Funkhouser, brought this products liability action against Ford Motor Company and Obaugh Ford, Inc. (collectively "Ford") after his daughter, Emily, died from severe burns she suffered when the family's Ford Windstar minivan caught fire. The circuit court ruled that evidence of seven other Winstar van fires was inadmissible. The parties then entered into an agreed final order wherein Funkhouser stipulated that absent evidence of…

Bonnie C. Gray v. Ford Motor Credit Company LLC

Filed: May 23, 2012

State: Florida
Court: Fourth District Court of Appeal
Case Number: 4D11-3655

Betz v. Pneumo Abex LLC

Filed: May 23, 2012

State: Pennsylvania
Court: Supreme Court
Case Number: 38 WAP 2010

The civil action underlying this appeal was selected as a test case for the admissibility of expert opinion evidence to the effect that each and every fiber of inhaled asbestos is a substantial contributing factor to any asbestos-related disease. The inquiry has proceeded under principles derived from 'Frye v. United States' (293 F. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923)). Upon its consideration of the evidence presented by both sides, the trial court sustained the Frye challenge and precluded the…

Campbell v. Ford Motor Co.

Filed: May 21, 2012

State: California
Court: Court of Appeal
Case Number: B221322

ALVEY (PAMELA) VS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ET AL.

Filed: May 18, 2012

State: Kentucky
Court: Court of Appeals
Case Number: 2011-CA-000200-WC

Kelly Grant, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate and Heirs-at-Law and/or Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Makayla Maggard, Deceased, a Minor v. Ford Motor Company

Filed: May 8, 2012

State: Mississippi
Court: Court of Appeals
Citation: 2009-CA-01815-COA

Carlton, J. Disposition: The judgment of the Clarke County Circuit Court is affirmed. All costs of this appeal are assessed to the appellant. Votes: Lee, C.J., Ishee, Roberts, Russell and Fair, JJ., Concur. Irving, P.J., and Maxwell, J., Concur in Part and in the Result Without Separate Written Opinion. Griffis, P.J., Dissents Without Separate Written Opinion. Barnes, J., not participating.