Ford fuel injector lawsuit busted returns to court
Previously dismissed Ford injector class action lawsuit reinstated by judge. November 26, 2024 — Ford hacked fuel injector lawsuit revived after class action lawsuit dismissed because recall was issued before lawsuit was filed. Does it make sense? Many car class action lawsuits aren't filed until automakers issue recalls or safety regulators launch investigations. In the case of a ruptured Ford fuel injector, a judge granted a motion to reduce the sentence filed by 12 Ford owners who sued. Ford recalls cracked fuel injectors In March 2022, Ford recalled the 2020-2022 Ford Escape and 2021-2022 Ford Bronco Sports as engineers tried to determine the root cause of engine compartment fires. Then in November 2022, Ford announced a fuel injector recall on approximately 522,000 Bronco Sports and Escape vehicles after 20 engine fires occurred in vehicles equipped with 3-cylinder 1.5-liter engines. In April 2024, Ford announced a recall of approximately 43,000 2022-2023 Ford Bronco Sport and 2022 Ford Escape SUVs equipped with…
Chevrolet Equinox catches fire, owner files lawsuit over gas tank
The owner of a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox claims the gas tank caught fire and injured her. November 30, 2024 — A lawsuit over an alleged Chevrolet Equinox gas tank fire has been dismissed because the driver of the 2020 Equinox failed to prove her claims against General Motors. In February 2022, plaintiff Kimberly Eichmann was driving her Chevrolet Equinox in Irving, Texas, when she said the gas tank caught fire. The lawsuit says the plaintiff realized the Equinox was on fire and she immediately pulled over. The plaintiff stated that she "ran away for her life, resulting in a lacerated right knee and a sprained right arm." The plaintiff claimed her Equinox caught fire because of a defective fuel tank. She also claims that GM knew or should have known that the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox fuel tank was defective and dangerous. The plaintiff sued, seeking damages ranging from $250,000 to $1 million. Chevrolet Equinox fire lawsuit dismissed GM filed a…
BMW owner misses $1.9 million in winnings
BMW has denied a new trial in which a jury placed all blame on BMW after the driver lost his thumb inside the door. November 11, 2024 — BMW has been denied a new trial in a case in which a jury awarded $1.9 million to a car owner whose thumb was amputated when he placed it in the path of a car door. The lawsuit was filed over alleged dangers of BMW's soft-closing doors. “In tight parking spaces or when a door needs to be closed gently, the automatic soft-close function helps: just push the door until it is almost closed. When the door is approximately 6 mm from the lock, the sensor activates the electric motor to close the door firmly and quietly and secured, the door lock components will automatically return to their original positions.” — BMW Plaintiff Godwin Boateng said that in July 2016, when he got out of his 2013 BMW X5 xDrive35i Sport, he…
Ford truck roof collapse lawsuit: Partial dismissal
The roof of the Ford Super Truck allegedly collapsed during the rollover crash. October 5, 2024 — A Ford truck roof collapse lawsuit will continue in court, but a federal judge dismissed several claims. The Ford Super Duty roof class action lawsuit involves more than 5 million trucks whose roofs are said to be too weak to handle rollover accidents, causing the roofs to collapse. The Super Duty roof lawsuit covers all 1999-2016 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 Super Duty trucks in the United States Lawyers began filing multiple Ford truck roof lawsuits after a Georgia jury awarded $1.7 billion to a family in a 2002 Ford 250 Super Duty rollover crash that occurred in 2014. The first Ford truck roof collapse class action lawsuit was filed just weeks after the verdict in the $1.7 billion Hill v. Ford case, all of which allege Ford knew about the defective roof before selling the first Super Duty in 1999. Hill's…
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