pIn a hotly contested legal battle in Sacramento, California, a jury awarded three plaintiffs $73 million in a lawsuit claiming that the Ford Motor Company was negligent and exhibited “despicable conduct” as well as “maliciousness or oppression” over their failure to warn customers and dealers that it had a defective tire on a 15-passenger E-350 Econoline van which plaintiffs claim was unsafe in its own right. Like many other 15-passenger van rollovers, an innocent group of churchgoers fell victim to the dangers of 15-passenger vans as the van skidded off an interstate highway after a right rear tire tread separated. Trial evidence revealed that Ford had knowledge of the tire defect as they had been contacted by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and despite knowledge of the defective tire, never made an effort to contact dealers and customers. Like many other a href="http://www.reiffandbily.com/lawyer-attorney-1325433.html"15-passenger van rollover cases/a, the Ford Motor Co [...]
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