Jones v. Ford Motor Co.

In this appeal of a judgment entered in favor of an automobile manufacturer, the primary issue we consider is whether the manufacturer’s purported judicial admission barred the plaintiff from presenting evidence that the manufacturer had notice of an alleged defective condition in an automobile.

I

The plaintiff, Margaret Jones, filed her motion for judgment against Ford Motor Company (Ford) and Chemer Lincoln MercuryAnnandale, Inc. (Chemer Lincoln Mercury). She alleged that she and her husband purchased a 1991 Lincoln Town Car, manufactured by Ford, from Cherner Lincoln Mercury’s predecessor in…