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Oct. 3, 2007

Lawyers Strike Deal in Ford's SUV Class Suit

SACRAMENTO - Ford Motor Co. and lawyers for 414,000 California owners of Explorers announced Monday that they have reached a tentative settlement in the nation's first consumer class action to go to trial over the sport utility vehicle.

By Linda Rapattoni
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SACRAMENTO - Ford Motor Co. and lawyers for more than 414,000 California owners of Explorers announced Monday that they have reached a tentative settlement in the nation's first consumer class action to go to trial over the sport-utility vehicle.
      Sacramento County Superior Court Judge David De Alba met with lawyers for a half hour before a...

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