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A Georgia Jury Awards Forty Million Dollars Against Ford as Government Opens Investigation
May 24th, 2009
A jury in Dekalb County, Georgia has found Ford Motor Company and a local car dealer responsible for causing the paralysis of Jessica Mundy, a 23 year old accountant for the State of Georgia. The jury awarded $40 million against Ford, including more than $30 million in punitive damages. The case arose from a defect in the 2004 Ford Explorer transmissions. "'False park' is a condition where the driver believes she shifted into park and the truck is seemingly stable, then after a delay the truck shifts into reverse and drives backwards," said Jeff Harris, one of the lawyers for Jessica Mundy. "There is a space between park and reverse that the gear can get hung up which...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-05-24)
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