199 results for “Ford Motor Company”, page 2 of 10
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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, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 7, 2019
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2019)
The court denied Cummins Inc.'s and Ford Motor Company's joint motion for summary judgment, so the plaintiffs (Michel's survivors) keep their claims against both defendants. Plaintiffs must show exposure to asbestos from the…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · July 5, 2017
Petitpas v. Ford Motor Company (2017)
…of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Exxon Mobil, Ford and Rossmoor, rejecting plaintiffs' challenges to the summary adjudication for Exxon, the nonsuit for Rossmoor, the jury instructions on Ford, and the defense verdict for Exxon. An…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 28, 2018
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2018)
Victor Michel, a Louisiana citizen, sued many companies in state court in 2017 after being diagnosed with mesothelioma. He had worked from 1965 to 2005 as a parts delivery driver, truck mechanic, generator service technician and…
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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 Supreme Court · April 21, 2017
Walls v. Ford Motor Co. (In re Asebestos Litigation, 2017)
…affirmed the Superior Court's judgment for Ford Motor Company, holding any error in the partial summary judgment on third-party replacement brake parts was harmless because the jury found Ford not negligent. An error in…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 20, 2019
Michel v. Ford Motor Co. (2019)
…court granted Ford's motion to quash the trial subpoena to Matthew Fyie, granted plaintiffs leave to designate Fyie's deposition testimony, and granted Ford's motion to strike plaintiffs' late objections to Ford's counterdesignations…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 23, 2019
Michel v. Ford Motor Co. (2019)
…court granted Ford Motor Company's motion to dismiss only as to plaintiffs' wrongful death employer liability claim, which was dismissed with prejudice, and otherwise denied it, so plaintiffs' other wrongful death claims against Ford continue…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · November 22, 2016
Rost v. Ford Motor Co. (2016)
…affirmed the judgment for the Rost estates against Ford Motor Company, holding that the causation testimony was proper and that, although consolidation with two other cases was error, Ford showed no prejudice. An expert may tell…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 20, 2019
Michel v. Ford Motor Co. (2019)
…premises and employer liability claims against Ford, found strict products liability claims already pleaded, and said a continuance would cure prejudice to Ford. A party seeking to amend after the scheduling-order deadline must show good…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · January 31, 2019
Knecht v. Ford Motor Co. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
The Delaware Superior Court denied Ford Motor Company's renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law, its alternative motion for a new trial, and its motion for a new trial or remittitur, leaving the…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 8, 1998
Ford Motor v. Wood (1998)
…of Special Appeals reversed the judgment for Mrs. Wood against Ford Motor Company for insufficient proof that her husband was exposed to Ford's brake and clutch products, and affirmed the judgment for the Grewe plaintiffs…
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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 · New York Court of Appeals · November 27, 2018
Juni v. Ford Motor Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…verdict against Ford Motor Company, so plaintiff Mary Juni lost and Ford won judgment as a matter of law. Viewing the evidence in plaintiff's favor, it was legally insufficient to establish that Ford's conduct…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · August 19, 2013
Farrall v. Ford Motor Co. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2013)
…plaintiff's motion for reargument, leaving in place its grant of summary judgment for Ford Motor Company on the failure to warn claim about asbestos-containing replacement parts. Under Delaware law, a manufacturer has no duty…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · April 13, 2015
Juni v. Ford Motor Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2015)
The court granted Ford Motor Company's post-trial motion, set aside the jury verdict for plaintiffs Arthur and Mary Juni in its entirety, and directed judgment for Ford. Under the Court of Appeals' decisions in…
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Court case · Virginia Supreme Court · January 10, 2013
Ford Motor Co. v. Boomer (2013)
The Supreme Court of Virginia reversed the jury verdict and judgment for the estate against Ford and Honeywell (Bendix) because of the "substantial contributing factor" jury instructions, and remanded for further proceedings under a multiple-sufficient…