Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Ford Motor Co.
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided September 2, 2008No. Docket 277811PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
This product liability action brought by the plaintiff, Maria Del Socorro Herrera Hernandez, as personal representative of the estate of Jose Francisco Martinez Villalon, deceased, arises from an October 5, 2002, rollover automobile accident in Tabasco, Mexico, involving a 1996 Ford Explorer. The decedent, plaintiffs husband, was fatally injured in the accident. The trial court denied defendant Ford Motor Company’s (Ford) motion to dismiss on the basis of forum non conveniens. Ford filed an interlocutory application for leave to appeal that order, and this Court, in lieu of granting the…
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