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March 07, 2005
Ford Rollover Case
In Crystal Ctiy, Texas a jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff in case about a rollover against Ford where the plantiffs received $28 million. One of the original jurors was the girlfriend of one of the plaintiff attorneys. Also the driver had been drinking and the people who died were not wearing seatbelts.
David Bernstein of the Volokh Conspiracy asks, "Now here's the even crazier part: the judge refused to grant a mistrial. And wouldn't there be some professional, or just plain moral, obligation on the part of the attorney to let the judge know that his girlfriend was on the jury before the trial started?"
Two of my friends were recently in a rollover accident in a Ford Explorer on a freeway while going around 60 mph that totaled the Explorer. They both were wearing seatbelts and only suffered scratches. They both walked away from the accident with no major injuries.
Posted by Pete at March 7, 2005 03:42 PM
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