Ford Motor State Court Decisions

Westgate Ford Truck Sales, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.

Filed: May 3, 2012

State: Ohio
Court: Eighth District Court of Appeals
Citation: 2012-Ohio-1942
Case Number: 96978

Stark v. Ford Motor Co.

Filed: April 13, 2012

State: North Carolina
Court: Supreme Court
Case Number: 313PA10

A couple and their boy and girl were riding in the family's Ford Taurus when the car began to accelerate rapidly and slammed into a light pole. The children received serious injuries. The children, through their guardian ad litem, sued Ford Motor Company, claiming that the Taurus's seat belt system caused their enhanced injuries. After evidence was presented showing the children's father placed the girl's seatbelt behind her back, the trial court entered judgment in favor of Ford. At…

Aundrey Meals, as Natural Parent, Guardian, and Next Friend of William Meals v. Ford Motor Company

Filed: April 13, 2012

State: Tennessee
Court: Court of Appeals
Case Number: W2010-01493-COA-R3-CV

Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer

Ford Motor Credit, LLC v. Carpenter

Filed: April 3, 2012

State: Vermont
Court: Superior Court
Case Number: 464-12-09 BNCV

Ford Motor Co. v. Garcia

Filed: March 30, 2012

State: Texas
Court: Supreme Court
Case Number: 10-0953

This case involved a dispute over fees awarded to an ad litem appointed in connection with the proposed division of a personal injury settlement between an incapacitated plaintiff and his guardian. The court-appointed attorney requested fees on an unsworn invoice that specified numerous tasks performed, but did not specify when they were performed, who performed them, or the amount of time spent. The court held that the evidence was legally insufficient to support the full amount awarded…

Lewis v. Ford Motor Co.

Filed: March 22, 2012

State: Kentucky
Court: Supreme Court
Case Number: 2011-SC-000294-WC

Claimant Randy Lewis sought benefits for work-related lumbar spine injuries sustained in 2001 and 2002 and a work-related cervical spine injury sustained in 2005. An ALJ awarded 425 weeks of partial disability benefits at the rate of $315 per week for the lumbar injuries beginning in 2004 and 425 weeks of partial disability benefits at the rate of $498 per week beginning in 2007. Employer filed a petition for reconsideration, noting that the combined weekly benefits would equal $813…

JOSE HOLGUIN V FORD MOTOR CO

Filed: March 1, 2012

State: Michigan
Court: Court of Appeals Unpublished
Case Number: 302170

Rochelle M. Evans v. Ford Motor Company

Filed: February 10, 2012

State: Tennessee
Court: Workers Compensation
Case Number: M2010-02254-WC-R3-WC

The employee sought reconsideration of her workers compensation settlement. The trial court found that she had voluntarily resigned and was therefore not eligible to receive reconsideration. The employee has appealed. We affirm the trial court s judgment.

Ford Motor Co. V. Darling's

Filed: February 1, 2012

State: Maine
Court: Superior Court
Case Number: CUMap-08-01-02and10-05

Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Agrawal

Filed: December 15, 2011

State: Ohio
Court: Eighth District Court of Appeals
Citation: 2011-Ohio-6474
Case Number: 96413

Ford Motor Company, LLC v. Paul A. Heinrich

Filed: November 1, 2011

State: Wisconsin
Court: Court of Appeals
Case Number: 2010AP002591

Gartman v. Ford Motor Co

Filed: October 27, 2011

State: Arkansas
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: 2011 Ark. 454
Case Number: 11-974

Bartley v. Ford Motor Company

Filed: October 19, 2011

State: South Carolina
Court: Court of Appeals
Case Number: 2011-UP-462

Adams v. Ford Motor Co.

Filed: October 19, 2011

State: California
Court: Court of Appeal
Case Number: B225791

REHM (DEBBIE ELLEN), ET AL. VS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ET AL.

Filed: October 7, 2011

State: Kentucky
Court: Court of Appeals
Case Numbers: 2009-CA-001868-MR and 2009-CA-001974-MR

Jablonski v. Ford Motor Co.

Filed: September 22, 2011

State: Illinois
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: 2011 IL 110096
Case Number: 110096

Plaintiffs' 1993 Lincoln Town Car was hit while stopped. A pipe wrench in the trunk penetrated the gas tank. The car burst into flames. Husband was killed, wife was severely injured. A jury awarded wife compensatory damages totaling $23.1 million and punitive damages of $15 million and awarded compensatory damages to the estate in excess of $5 million. The appellate court affirmed. The Illinois Supreme Court reversed. The duty analysis in a negligent-product-design case encompasses a…

Sandra Coleman, As Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Randy Coleman, Deceased v. Ford Motor Company

Filed: September 15, 2011

State: Mississippi
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: 2009-CT-00207-SCT

Petition for writ of certiorari filed by counsel for Sandra Coleman is denied. To Deny: Waller, C.J., Carlson and Dickinson, P.JJ., Randolph, Chandler and Pierce, JJ. To Grant: Kitchens, J. Not Participating: Lamar and King, JJ. Order entered.

Martha Benitez v. Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC--Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County

Filed: September 15, 2011

State: Texas
Court: First Court of Appeals
Case Number: 01-10-00524-CV

Joyce v. Ford Motor

Filed: September 6, 2011

State: California
Court: Court of Appeal
Case Number: c064453