Ford Motor Co. v. Rodgers

Appellant, Ford Motor Company, brings this appeal after suffering an adverse jury verdict which awarded damages to appellee, Boyd Rodgers, in the sum of $15,000. This judgment was rendered as compensation for injuries which Rodgers sustained when the hydraulic system of a Ford combine failed and the corn header attached to the combine and under which Rodgers was working fell on him. A corn header is a piece of equipment which weighs approximately 4,000 pounds and attaches to the front of a combine. It serves to mechanically harvest ears of corn and place them in a bin. A corn header has a…