Civil Litigation
Nov. 15, 2019
Jury finds for plaintiff in first trial over Ford transmissions
A federal jury deliberated about an hour Thursday and found for the plaintiff in a bellwether trial against Ford Motor Co., one of thousands coming up from car owners who say the company failed to properly address transmission defects but who opted out of a class action settlement.
LOS ANGELES -- A federal jury deliberated less than an hour Thursday and found for the plaintiff in a bellwether trial against Ford Motor Co., one of thousands filed by car owners who say the company failed to properly address transmission defects and then opted out of a class action settlement.
The jury awarded the plaintiff, represented by Bryan C. Altman of the Altman Law Group, the maximum civil penalty of $64,000.
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