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FORD MOTOR CO. v. DUCKETT

1090833 and 1091043.

70 So.3d 1177 (2011)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. Latoya DUCKETT. Ford Motor Company v. Latoya Duckett.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Applications Denied April 8, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlan I. Prater IV , J. Gorman Houston, Jr. , and Madeline H. Haikala of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham; and Gregory L. Schuck and M. Jeremy Dotson of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, Birmingham, for appellant.

Gregory S. Cusimano and Jason Knowles of Cusimano, Keener, Roberts, Knowles & Raley, LLC, Gadsden; Joel S. Rosen , of Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Willie Gary of The Law Firm Gary, Williams, Finney, Lewis, Watson & Sperando, PL, Stuart, Florida, for appellee.

WOODALL, Justice.

Latoya Duckett sued Ford Motor Company ("Ford") and others, alleging strict-liability design-defect and negligence claims under Georgia law and seeking damages for injuries she suffered in an accident involving a Mercury Mountaineer sport-utility vehicle. The case went to the jury against Ford only, and the jury returned a verdict in Duckett's favor on her strict-liability claim and in Ford's favor on Duckett's negligence claim. The jury awarded...

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