Legal Opinion
Jones v. Ford Motor Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 27, 2006No. 05-1342UnpublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNCAN, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity case, Margaret Jones (“Mrs. Jones” or “Appellant”) sued Ford Motor Company (“Ford” or “Appellee”), the manufacturer of her 1991 Lincoln Town Car, claiming that the cruise control system on her Town Car malfunctioned and caused a “sudden acceleration event” that resulted in a single-vehicle accident and Mrs. Jones’s paralysis. After a jury verdict for Ford, the district court denied Mrs. Jones’s motion for a new trial pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59. Mrs. Jones appeals, asserting that the district court abused its discretion in two…
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