Legal Opinion
Melanie P. Ivy vs Ford Motor Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 11, 2011No. 10-10786PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
I. Background
The background facts were set out concisely in the district court’s opinion:
Plaintiff Melanie Ivy is a woman in her mid-twenties who was injured in a single-car accident when driving a vehicle manufactured by Defendant Ford Motor Company.
On May 22, 2006, when Ivy was twenty-four years old, she was traveling on Holcomb Bridge Road in Gwinnett County, Georgia in her mother’s 1996 Ford Explorer. She was initially in the right lane and then moved into the left lane. As she was moving into the left lane, a truck, which had been in front of her in the right…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Banks v. ICI Americas, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- North American Medical Corp. v. Axiom Worldwide, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- Chrysler Corp. v. BattenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Gilman Paper Company v. JamesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- General Refractories Co. v. RogersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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