Legal Opinion
Erwin v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 1, 2018No. Civil Action No. 16–0874PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Gerald Austin McHugh, United States District Judge
This case arises out of a fatal accident in Florida, where a side airbag in a Ford Edge being driven by Plaintiff Dennis Erwin's wife failed to deploy, allegedly because of a defect in design.
The case was removed from state court to a federal district court in Florida. That court then reached a rather novel conclusion-that asserting specific jurisdiction over Defendant Ford Motor Company in Florida would violate principles of due process, which resulted in transfer of the case to Delaware. Venue here is a fait accompli , but a question remains…
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