Ford Motor Co. v. HALL-EDWARDS

Ford Motor Company seeks a writ of certiorari quashing an interlocutory circuit court “Order Determining Public Hazard Pursuant to Florida Statute § 69.081.” The respondent, plaintiff below, sued Ford following the death of her son in 1997. Her son was a passenger in a 1996 Ford Explorer in a “rollover” traffic accident.

We grant the petition and quash the order because (1) the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law and (2) the order causes irreparable harm to Ford that should not await determination via a later and plenary appeal.

The Case and Motion

The respondent’s…