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RILEY v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 5195.

408 S.C. 1 (2014)

757 S.E.2d 422

Laura RILEY, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Benjamin Riley, Respondent, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided February 5, 2014.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis Lyman Ott and Laura Watkins Jordan , both of Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA, of Columbia; Joseph Kenneth Carter, Jr. , Carmelo Barone Sammataro , and David Christopher Marshall , all of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Ronnie Lanier Crosby , of Hampton, and Daniel E. Henderson and Matthew Vernon Creech , of Ridgeland, all of Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick, PA, for Respondent.

FEW, C.J.

Jasper County Sheriff Benjamin Riley's estate ("the Estate") brought this products liability lawsuit against Ford Motor Company after Riley was ejected from his 1998 Ford F-150 pickup truck in an accident and killed. The Estate settled with the at-fault driver before trial, and the jury awarded $300,000 against Ford. We affirm the trial court's denial of Ford's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV). However, we reverse the denial of Ford...

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