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Ford memos show Explorer rollovers weren’t all Firestone’s fault
Friday, May 7, 2010 � by jg
Washington Post: Internal memos, uncovered during civil suits, show Ford engineers had discovered potential dangers that could make the Explorer “especially lethal during a blowout.”
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U.S. Supreme Court denies Ford’s appeal of $55 million in punitive damages resulting from rollover
Monday, November 30, 2009 � by jg
The court will let stand a $55 million punitive damage award in a case involving a California woman who has paralyzed when her Ford Explorer rolled over. The victims’ attorneys said, “Ford was on notice, long before it designed the Explorer, that knowingly designing and selling a vehicle that exposes consumers to severe injury or death, when the defect could be corrected at minimal cost, could result in punitive damages liability.”