Legal Opinion
Ford Motor Co. v. Rice
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 4, 1998No. 1970253PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pursuant to Rule 5, Ala. R. App. P., this Court granted Ford Motor Company ("Ford") permission to appeal from an interlocutory order holding that Ford was not entitled to a summary judgment on the fraudulent-suppression claims of the named plaintiffs in this putative class action brought on behalf of Alabama residents who owned Ford Bronco II sport utility vehicles. We reverse and remand.
The named plaintiffs, Mary Rice, Brent Puckett, and Sandra Giles, are owners of Bronco II sport utility vehicles, a model manufactured and marketed by Ford between 1983 and 1990. The plaintiffs alleged that…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- BMW of North America, Inc. v. GoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Connick v. Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd.Illinois Supreme Court · 1996
- In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Wilson v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
- Foremost Ins. Co. v. ParhamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
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