Legal Opinion
Easterling v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided March 29, 2018No. Case No. 2:14–cv–02353–JEOPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
John E. Ott, Chief United States Magistrate Judge
This is a product liability case arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Plaintiff Jerry Easterling has sued defendant Ford Motor Company for injuries he sustained when he lost control of his 2003 Ford F-250 pickup truck and crashed. He alleges that he was wearing his seat belt at the time of the accident and that the seat belt buckle unlatched during the crash sequence due to a defect in its design and manufacture.
The case is now before the court on three related motions filed by Ford: (1) Ford's motion for summary judgment (doc. 38); (2)…
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