U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Ford In Product Liability Venue Dispute

[Dana7360]

This is interesting.

The Supreme Court ruled against Ford. I would have thought they would have ruled for the big corporation or at least the conservatives would have.

Instead they ruled for the people who were harmed.

I agree with their ruling.

U.S. Supreme Court rules against Ford in product liability venue dispute

 

[Sunni Man]

Good for you.
Now you can sleep at night. ...

 

[MarcATL]

Justice is often slow, but she's there.

 

[ColonelAngus]

The court ruled the state courts where these accidents occurred have jurisdiction over the liability cases. Seems like a no brainer.

 

[Sunsettommy]

From the article is this laughable legalese nonsense:

The automaker also contended that since it designed the vehicles in Michigan, manufactured them in Kentucky and Canada and originally sold them in other states that Montana and Minnesota courts should not decide the cases.

Lawsuits occurs in the state where the driver sustained serious injury and the other died, that is the normal way lawsuits are done, file in the state the injury occurs in.

One case involved a woman killed when the tread separated from a rear tire on a 1996 Explorer in Montana and the vehicle spun out and rolled into a ditch. The other involved a Minnesota passenger in a 1994 Crown Victoria who suffered serious brain damage when an air bag failed to deploy after the driver rear-ended a snowplow and landed in a ditch.

Ford wasted a lot money on a case they had no chance to win. What a stupid company Ford is, the dumbasses of the leaders have been a problem for a long time.

 

[Dana7360]

Justice is often slow, but she's there.

It's not always there.

 

[Grumblenuts]

The case ("Dispute") should have immediately been dismissed as frivolous.