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SAND HILL ENERGY, INC. v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Nos. 1999-SC-1028-DG, 1999-SC-1029-DG, 2000-SC-0444-DG.

83 S.W.3d 483 (2002)

SAND HILL ENERGY, INC., Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al., Appellees. and Brenda Smith, Administratrix of the Estate of Tommy Smith, Appellant, v. Ford Motor Company, et al., Appellees. and Ford Motor Company, et al., Appellants, v. Brenda Smith, Administratrix of the Estate of Tommy Smith, et al. Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clint J. Harris, Manchester, Counsel for Sand Hill Energy, Inc.

John A. Rogovin, Brian P. Brooks, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, B. Todd Thompson, Sallie Jacobs Stevens, Amy Sullivan, Thompson & Miller PLC, Louisville, Counsel for Ford Motor Company, Inc.

R. Scott Madden, Ricky D. Bailey, Morgan and Bailey, Mary Latta Lee, Manchester, Sharon K. Allen, McKee, Counsel for Brenda Smith, Etc.

Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA, Virginia Hamilton Snell, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Louisville, Evan M. Tager, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, Counsel for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

LAMBERT, Chief Justice.

Upon a jury verdict in a products liability action claiming wrongful death, the Estate of Tommy Smith ("the Estate") recovered judgment against Ford Motor Company ("Ford") for three million dollars in compensatory damages and twenty million dollars in punitive damages. The Court of Appeals of Kentucky reversed the judgment on grounds of misallocation of peremptory challenges and ordered a new trial...

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