FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. GIBSON

Nos. S07A1365, S07X1389, S07A1367, S07X1368.

659 S.E.2d 346 (2008)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. GIBSON et al. Gibson et al. v. Ford Motor Company. Draw-Tite, Inc. v. Gibson et al. Gibson et al. v. Draw-Tite, Inc.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Faison Middleton IV, Watson, Spence, Lowe and Chambless, LLP, James Barton Manley Jr., Charles Kyle Reed, Jill Cox Kuhn, McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, Bradley Wilkes Pratt, Carmen Rosario Toledo, Chilton D. Varner, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Joseph K. Reid III, McGuire Woods, LLP, Richmond, for Appellant in no. S07A1365, Appellees in nos. S07X1389, S07A1367 and S07X1368.

James E. Butler Jr., Butler Wooten & Fryhofer, Columbus, Robert Feagle, George W. Fryhofer III, Alan John Hamilton, Bulter Wooten Overby Fryhofer Daugherty, Atlanta, Andrew J. Hill III, Josh Brian Wages, Blasingame Burch Garrard Bryant & Ashley, Athens, Gregory Robert Feagle, Butler Wooten & Fryhofer, Atlanta, for Appellee in nos. S07A1365, S07A1367 S07X1368, Appellant in nos. S07X1368 S07X1389.

William R. Johnson, Alexander T. Galloway III, Angela Harrison Smith, Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, LLP, Marietta, for appellant in no. S07A1367, appellee in no. S07A1368.

William F. King, Jr., McGuire Wood, LLP, Richmond, VA, William D. Barwick, Deborah Morris Danzig, Carla Wong McMillian, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP, Atlanta, Frank Faison Middleton IV, Watson, Spence, Lowe and Chambliss, LLP, Albany, Chilton D. Varner, King & Spalding, Atlanta, for Appellee in nos. S07A1367, S07X1368.


MELTON, Justice.

These multiple appeals arise from a jury verdict in favor of Artumus Gibson, as the surviving spouse and Administrator of his wife's estate (hereinafter collectively "Gibson"), against William Burns, Ford Motor Company ("Ford"), and Draw-Tite, Inc. ("Draw-Tite"), in connection with a car accident that resulted in his wife's death. In Case No. S07A1365, Ford challenges the trial court's order requiring Ford to produce certain crash-test documents during...

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