In many cases, Ford settles cases without admitting to wrongdoing, while other times, they do. Keeping matters from going before a judge can also lessen fines and penalties imposed as addendums to personal injury or loss claims by the plaintiffs. 4. Ford Settles out of court in Rollover claims Settlement: $22 million
The lawsuit was filed in 1978 by attorneys for the plaintiff involving the Ford Pinto automobile’s safety design. Lily gray was driving a 1972 Ford Pinto when it was rear-ended.
The Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company lawsuit was filed as a personal injury tort case in Orange County, California. The lawsuit was filed in 1978 by attorneys for the plaintiff involving the Ford Pinto automobile’s safety design. Lily gray was driving a 1972 Ford Pinto when it was rear-ended.
Asbestos.com reports that Ford was sued by the widows of Keith K. Grewe Sr. and Nollie P. Wood Sr. for their husbands’ deaths linked to their work with asbestos-lined brakes during their careers as mechanics from 1957 through 1992. Grewe died from mesothelioma at the age of 56.
Henry Ford once sued the Chicago Tribune for slander because it called him an ignorant anarchist. In court, the defense attorney decided to demonstrate Ford’s ignorance and lack of patriotism by asking him basic American history questions.
Henry Ford is best remembered for his Model T as the vehicle that popularized automobiles across all social classes in America, his extreme implementation of the assembly line (which wasn’t actually his invention) and for being so anti-semitic that Adolf Hitler complimented him in Mein Kampf.