49 results for “Ford Motor Company”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · August 11, 2022
Walls v. Ford Motor Company (2022)
Laura Walls sued Ford Motor Company and other defendants individually and as executor of her husband Robie Walls' estate. He died of mesothelioma in 2020. After a Navy tour from 1955 to 1959, he worked about…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · October 25, 2022
Walls v. Ford Motor Company (2022)
The court denied Ford Motor Company's motion to reconsider the earlier partial denial of summary judgment, so Plaintiff Laura Walls's claims against Ford remained pending. A district court may revisit interlocutory rulings under Rule…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 11, 2023
LaFever v. Ford Motor Company (2023)
The appellate court affirmed the trial court's order granting plaintiff Trudy LaFever a new trial after a jury verdict for Ford Motor Company, finding no abuse of discretion. A trial court's grant of a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · February 25, 2022
Walls v. Ford Motor Company (2022)
… Employer and Contractor Liability, and Workers' Compensation Worksites: Archie Motors Freight; Great Coastal Express; Archie's and Adley tractor-trailer fleet mechanic Archie Motors Freight 1964-1972; tractor-trailer fleet mechanic Great Coastal Express 1962-1964…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · July 15, 2020
Coates v. Ford Motor Company (2020)
The Court of Special Appeals affirmed the judgment for Ford Motor Company after retrial, rejecting the Coates estate's challenges to the denial of partial summary judgment, the denial of a new trial, and the refusal…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 21, 2020
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2020)
…the Michel plaintiffs' motion for leave to file a second supplemental and amended complaint adding Ford Leasing Development Company, LLC as a defendant, over Ford Motor Company's opposition. Where a scheduling order deadline has passed…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · February 25, 2022
Walls v. Ford Motor Company (2022)
…ArvinMeritor and Navistar, and loss of consortium was dismissed against Strick and Ford. Under North Carolina law, an asbestos plaintiff can show causation with direct or circumstantial evidence of regular exposure to a defendant's product…
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Blog · 2025
Appellate Ruling in Ford Motor Company Asbestos Case
…July 2025 New York court of appeals opinion. Case Background Originally, an automobile dealership employee filed a personal injury action against Ford Motor Company, alleging that asbestos exposure from brakes while working at an automobile dealership…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · September 27, 2021
Walls v. Ford Motor Company (2021)
Laura Walls sued Ford, Pneumo Abex and other companies on behalf of the estate of her husband, Robie Walls, and for her own loss of consortium. She alleged that exposure to their asbestos-containing products caused…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · November 8, 2021
Walls v. Ford Motor Company (2021)
Laura Walls sued several companies, individually and as executor of her husband Robie Walls's estate. She alleged he died of mesothelioma from asbestos exposure during a career from 1960 to 2002 as a tractor-trailer…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · April 30, 2021
Walls v. Ford Motor Company (2021)
…Damages; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Yellow Freight; Adley/Yellow Freight terminal; Archie's Motor Freight; Great Coastal (Richmond); Mack Trucks (Richmond); Mack Trucks, Richmond; Great Coastal, Richmond; Archie's Motor Freight, Richmond; Adley/Yellow Freight…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · March 3, 2020
Knecht v. Ford Motor Co. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
On remand from the Delaware Supreme Court, the Superior Court denied Ford Motor Company's motion for a new trial or remittitur, leaving the $40.625 million compensatory verdict for Paula Knecht in place. A jury…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 25, 2021
Putt v. Ford Motor Co. (In re Laosd Asbestos Cases, 2021)
…a new trial on apportionment of fault among Ford, other automakers and brake pad makers/suppliers and on the amount of punitive damages. Where the jury found Ford's brake pads defective and a substantial factor…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · August 28, 2024
Day v. 3M Company Inc. (2024)
…Island Superior Court denied summary judgment to Ford Motor Company and to Graybar Electric Company, so the estate's claims against both go forward, and it also denied Ford's motion for partial entry of separate…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 15, 2023
Munna v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (2023)
Joseph Munna sued American Honda, many other vehicle and parts companies, and others over lung cancer he attributed to asbestos. This decision did not address liability. Munna asked the New York County Supreme Court to try…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · March 24, 2022
Marino v. Abex Corporation (2022)
The Appellate Division affirmed the judgment for plaintiff Deborah Marino against Ford Motor Company, upholding the discovery sanctions; it found one hearsay ruling erroneous but harmless. A trial court may sanction a party for violating a…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 6, 2020
Schrank v. Amchem Prods., Inc. (2020)
The trial court granted Ford Motor Company's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint and cross claims against Ford, finding the plaintiffs' experts failed to show specific causation. In a toxic tort asbestos case…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Utah · March 23, 2023
Riegler v. Carlisle Companies, Incorporated (2023)
The court granted Ford's motion for summary judgment on all of Plaintiff's claims after excluding Dr. Staggs's specific causation opinion, and granted in part and denied in part the motions to exclude: Ewing…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2022 · in the opinion
Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022)
…exposed to asbestos from Ford vehicles, plaintiffs' claims stand. Accordingly, Ford's motion for summary judgment is DENIED. v. Navistar, Inc.'s Motion for Summary Judgment Navistar, Inc. (f/k/a International Harvester Company) contends that…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2022
Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022)
The district court denied the summary judgment motions of BMW, Volkswagen and Honeywell (joined by Ford, Pneumo Abex and Morse TEC) and denied the defendants' motions in limine, so the plaintiffs' causation experts could testify, limited…