Wednesday, November 28, 2007

FORD SETTLES IN ROLLOVER CASES

Keep in mind while reading this that the Ford/Firestone controversy occured in August of 1990.

From USA Today:

Ford Motor on Wednesday agreed to settle class-action lawsuits covering plaintiffs in four states who claimed its Explorer sport-utility vehicles were prone to rollovers, the company and an attorney for the plaintiffs said.

The settlement applies to about 1 million people in California, Connecticut, Illinois and Texas, said Kevin P. Roddy, a New Jersey attorney and co-counsel for the SUV owners who brought the lawsuit.

He said the settlement will be filed later Wednesday in Sacramento County Superior Court.

It will allow vehicle owners to apply for $500 vouchers to buy new Explorers or $300 vouchers to buy other Ford or Lincoln Mercury products, Roddy told The Associated Press.

The settlements apply to Explorers in model years 1991 through 2001, he said.

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