Ford Motor Co. v. Bartholomew

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that when “safety standards ... had never been promulgated, ... it was a matter of opinion of trained experts what design was safe for its intended use”
• holding Massie doctrine preventing litigant from asking fact finder to disregard part of his own testimony applies only to “statement[s] of fact within [the litigant’s] knowledge” and not to “expression[s] of opinion”
• striking punitive damages arising out of an automobile manufacturer’s negligent design of a parking gear and negligent failure to correct or warn of the defect
• accepting sufficiency of expert testimony supported by manuals, data compiled by federal agency, consultation with other experts, experiments with product in question and other similar products, and mockup of product
• \conscious disregard of the rights of others\ stated to be \one of the standards of punitive damages\
• “conscious disregard of the rights of others” stated to be “one of the standards of punitive damages”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).