RODRIGUEZ v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY


62 A.D.3d 573 (2009)

879 N.Y.S.2d 129

ALIDA RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Respondent, et al, Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided May 21, 2009.


Plaintiff originally based her products liability claim against Ford on a "transient signal" theory postulating that the Ford vehicle that struck her had a design defect by which electromagnetic signals from unknown sources and for unknown reasons caused the vehicle's cruise control to fully open the throttle, in turn causing the vehicle to suddenly accelerate without the driver manipulating the gas pedal, and also causing the steering and brakes to stop functioning. The...

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