FORD MOTOR CO. v. STIMPSON

No. 5D11-2787.

115 So.3d 401 (2013)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Peggy T. STIMPSON and Ralph M. Stimpson, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy F. Lumish , Alina Alonso Rodriguez and David L. Luck of Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, and Peter D. Webster of Carlton Fields, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Angela C. Flowers of Kubicki Draper, Ocala, and Erika Z. Jones of Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Inc., Amicus Curiae for Appellant.

Roy D. Wasson of Wasson & Associates, Chartered, Miami, Roy L. Glass of Law Offices of Roy L. Glass, P.A., St. Petersburg, Thomas J. Murray and Molly S. O'Neill of Sandusky, OH, and Leon M. Boyajan II , Inverness, for Appellees.

Philip M. Burlington of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Florida Justice Association, Amicus Curiae for Appellees.


PALMER, J.

Ford Motor Company (Ford) appeals the order entered by the trial court granting Peggy and Ralph Stimpson various forms of post-judgment relief. We reverse and remand for reinstatement of the judgment.

In January 2004, Peggy and Ralph Stimpson filed a products liability lawsuit against Ford based on an October 2003 automobile accident during which the Stimpsons' 1991 Ford Aerostar van allegedly suddenly accelerated from a standstill position. Peggy...

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