Ford has to pay $55 million, says U.S. Supreme Court
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Ford Motor Co. is forced to a pay $55 million in punitive damages to a California couple who were involved in a crash while inside a 1997 Explorer in 2002 after a Supreme Court decision last Monday favored this couple.
The Supreme Court rejected Ford’s plea to review a rollover-liability case for Benetta Buell-Wilson and her husband. She was paralyzed below the waist when her Explorer rolled over several times on a San Diego expressway and its roof collapsed. The crash happened when Buell-Wilson swerved to miss debris that fell off a vehicle in front of her. Continued after the jump!
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