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Personal Injury & Torts

Mar. 27, 2001

Ford Exposure Is Set at $3.5B

SAN FRANCISCO - An East Bay judge has agreed that Ford Motor Co. will owe California consumers $3.5 billion if found liable for the safety defect that led to the first-ever judicially mandated auto recall.

By Matthew King
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - An East Bay judge has agreed that Ford Motor Co. will owe California consumers $3.5 billion if found liable for the safety defect that led to the first-ever judicially mandated auto recall.
        However, the judge refused to impose the pena...

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