FORD MOTOR CO. v. HALL-EDWARDS

No. 3D06-1656.

971 So.2d 854 (2007)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Appellant, v. Joan HALL-EDWARDS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lance Crossman Hall, and Lester Hall, survivor of Lance Crossman Hall, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton Fields and Wendy F. Lumish and Jeffrey A. Cohen and Alina Alonso, Miami; Cabaniss Smith Toole & Wiggins and F. Rand Wallis, Maitland; Salas Ede Peterson & Lage and Henry Salas, South Miami, for appellant.

Denney & Barrett and Richard L. Denney and Lydia JoAnn Barrett, Oklahoma; Kimberly L. Boldt, Boca Raton; Bruce Kaster, Ocala; Gustavo Gutierrez; Richard M. Mogerman, Plantation, for appellees.

Before GERSTEN, C.J., and CORTIÑAS, J., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


CORTIÑAS, Judge.

Appellant, Ford Motor Company ("Ford"), seeks review of a $60 million jury verdict awarded to the parents of Lance Crossman Hall ("Hall"), a passenger in a 1996 Ford Explorer involved in a rollover accident. Hall was ejected and killed after the driver of the Ford Explorer fell asleep and lost control of the vehicle. Plaintiff, Joan Hall-Edwards, as the personal representative of Hall's Estate, brought...

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