Ford Motor State Court Decisions

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.

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