Jury Awards $61 Million in Ford Explorer Rollover Accident
A Florida jury ordered Ford Motor Co. to pay $61 million to the parents of an 18-year-old boy who was killed during a rollover of a 1996 Ford Explorer sport-utility vehicle, a lawyer for the family said. The state court jury in Miami awarded the $61 million in compensatory damages and didn't award punitive damages, said attorney Bruce Kaster. The lawsuit is one of hundreds facing Ford over claims of defects in the Explorer. In the Florida case, the family claimed Ford ignored its engineers' advice on how to improve the Explorer's stability and failed to correct a flaw in the vehicle's suspension.