Ford Motor Co. v. Stubblefield

How courts have described this case

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

• finding actual knowledge of a dangerous condition and decision not to correct the condition could constitute both conscious disregard and bad faith
• rejecting an argument that product “misuse” relieved an automobile manufacturer of its “legal duty” to reduce a foreseeable risk of injury from “a defect which causes injury when activated by a foreseeable collision”
• affirming jury verdict in favor of defendant manufacturer in a wrongful-death action when the case involved multiple experts who testified that car manufacturer acted unreasonably in its decision-making process and design
• rejecting an argument that product “misuse” relieved an automobile manufacturer of its “legal duty” to reduce a foreseeable risk of injury from “a defect which causes injury when activated by a foreseeable collision”
• affirming an award of punitive damages in a South Carolina wrongful death case
• the same evidence which authorized the verdict for punitive damages also authorized the jury to find the defendants acted in bad faith

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).