Legal Opinion
Ford v. Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 7, 1996No. S95G1892, S95G1897PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Presiding Justice.
Franklin Ford III, and his parents filed separate products liability actions against Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company and NTW for injuries received when a car hit their stalled van on an interstate highway. The trial court ordered the two actions to begin on the same day with separate juries empaneled for each case to hear all common evidence. Although both juries found Uniroyal liable and awarded compensatory damages, only the jury in Franklin Ford’s case found Uniroyal liable for punitive damages. The trial court instructed that jury that 75 percent of any punitive…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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