Ford wins reversal in death lawsuit
From Times Wire Services
Ford Motor Co. won reversal of a $52-million punitive-damages verdict awarded to the parents of a 3-year-old boy killed when a pickup truck ran over him.
Walter White’s parents said a defective parking brake caused the Ford F-350 pickup to move as their son fell out of the truck in 1994. A Nevada federal court jury awarded the sum in a 2004 retrial of the punitive-damages portion of the Whites’ lawsuit.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco ordered a third trial on the punitive-damages claim.
