Legal Opinion
Riley Ex Rel. Estate of Riley v. Ford Motor Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided September 30, 2015No. Appellate Case 2014-001192; 27575PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kittredge
This products liability action arose following the death of Benjamin Riley, who was killed in a motor vehicle accident involving a negligently designed door-latch system in his 1998 Ford F-150 pickup truck. Petitioner Laura Riley, as the Personal Representative of the Estate, filed suit against Respondent Ford Motor Company and the at-fault driver, Andrew Marshall Carter, II. Carter settled with the Estate for $25,000, with $20,000 allocated to the survival claim and $5,000 allocated to the wrongful death claim. Petitioner and Ford proceeded to trial on the wrongful death claim. The jury…
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