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Date: 10-04-2005
Case Style: Family and Estate of Jennifer Garcia v. Ford Motor Company
Case Number: Unknown
Judge: Unknown
Court: District Court, Cameron County, Texas
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Ray R. Marchan, Watts Law Firm, L.L.P., Brownsville, Texas
Defendant's Attorney: Unknown
Description:
The family and estate of Jennifer Garcia sued Ford Motor Company on a products liability theory for the wrongful death of the 16-year-old who was killed in a March 2004 accident. They claimed that the 1993 Ford F-150 in which she was a passenger was defective and unreasonably dangerous. The truck in which she was a passenger with her parents hit another vehicle that pulled on the road from a fruit stand. They claimed that the roof of the truck was not sufficiently strong to withstand the reasonably anticipated forces incurred during a roll over accident and was as a result defectively designed.
Ford claimed that the young woman was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident which the plaintiffs denied. Ford also claimed that the pickup manufactured by it was not defective and met all government safety standards.
Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $30.4 million.
Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown
Defendant's Experts: Unknown
Comments: None