Legal Opinion
Rooker v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 14, 2012No. 2D11-5168PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Judge.
Kristi D. Rooker, the plaintiff in an action to recover damages for injuries she received during a motor vehicle accident, challenges the trial court’s final summary judgment entered in favor of Ford Motor Company and Walker Ford Company, Inc. (collectively Ford), defendants below who manufactured and sold the vehicle Rooker was driving at the time of the accident. Because Ford failed to establish that no genuine issues of material fact exist, we reverse.
In 2001, Rooker was involved in a single-car, roll-over crash while driving her boyfriend’s 1999 Ford Explorer. She was thrown…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Landers v. MiltonSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
- Helen L. Huff, Administratrix of the Estate of Jessee Huff, Deceased v. White Motor CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Hervey v. AlfonsoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
- Ford Motor Co. v. HillSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
- Lennertz v. DorseyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
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