Hill v. Ford Motor Co.

Summary

Plaintiff contends a defect in a Ford truck's roof caused the deaths of two people.

Outcome

Verdict for plaintiff.
Total damages: $1.724 billion.
Including $24.05 million in compensatory damages and $1.7 billion in punitive damages.

Apportionment of fault:
Ford: 70%
Pep Boys: 30%

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Hill, Kim
Defense: Ford Motor Co Inc
Verdict: $1,724,030,500

Judge: Joseph Iannazzone
Jurisdiction: State Court of Georgia, Gwinnett County
Court: GA-State Court of Georgia, Gwinnett County-Gwinnett Justice & Administration Center

Case Number: 16-C-04179-S2
Industry: Transportation
Practice Area: Products Liability

Plaintiff

Hill, Kim

Defense

Ford Motor Co Inc

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:08:26	General Case Activities
		00:49:37	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

PM Session

Openings

8 Chapters

AM Session

Other

0 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:09:46	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Kozak, Stephen	Video Recording
00:39:12	Break
01:01:40	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Kozak, Stephen	Video Recording
01:04:24	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Quenner, Larry	Video Recording
01:40:50	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Krishnaswami, Ram	Video Recording
01:48:17	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Krishnaswami, Ram	Transcript Reading
02:06:24	Break
02:17:25	General Case Activities
02:21:45	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Moore, Jennifer	Video Recording
02:35:18	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Davidson, Gerald	Buchner, G. Bryant	In Person
01:53:52	Break
01:41:32	Witness Direct Examination	Davidson, Gerald	Buchner, G. Bryant	In Person
03:00:28	Witness Cross Examination	Boorman, Michael	Buchner, G. Bryant	In Person
02:53:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davidson, Gerald	Buchner, G. Bryant	In Person
03:31:47	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:23:42	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Herbst, Brian	In Person
00:36:13	Witness Cross Examination	Malek, Paul	Herbst, Brian	In Person
01:33:10	Break
01:25:25	Witness Cross Examination	Malek, Paul	Herbst, Brian	In Person
02:11:25	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:50:07	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Eisenstat, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
00:52:00	Witness Cross Examination	Withrow, William	Eisenstat, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
02:00:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Butler, James	Eisenstat, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
02:14:12	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:20:03	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Butler, James	Eisenstat, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
00:44:34	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Withrow, William	Eisenstat, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
00:56:06	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Butler, James	Eisenstat, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
01:00:03	Break
01:08:10	Witness Direct Examination	Davidson, Gerald	Hill, Kim	In Person
02:04:02	Witness Cross Examination	Withrow, William	Hill, Kim	In Person
02:08:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davidson, Gerald	Hill, Kim	In Person
02:09:34	Witness Direct Examination	Davidson, Gerald	Daniels, Willie	In Person
02:20:56	Break
02:37:10	Witness Direct Examination	Davidson, Gerald	Lowe, Craig	In Person
02:50:15	Witness Direct Examination		Hill, Martha	In Person
03:01:34	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Hill, Frankie	In Person
03:12:20	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Hill, Adam	In Person
03:16:03	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Malek, Paul	Eikey, Chris	In Person
01:42:57	Break
01:58:38	Witness Direct Examination	Malek, Paul	Eikey, Chris	In Person
02:37:53	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Malek, Paul	Eikey, Chris	In Person
00:11:31	Witness Cross Examination	Butler, James	Eikey, Chris	In Person
01:42:48	Break
01:59:18	Witness Direct Examination	Boorman, Michael	Germane, Geoffrey	In Person
04:00:48	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Boorman, Michael	Germane, Geoffrey	In Person
00:33:24	Witness Cross Examination	Davidson, Gerald	Germane, Geoffrey	In Person
02:02:19	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Boorman, Michael	Hoffman, Darrell	Video Recording
00:52:57	Witness Direct Examination	Henderson, Philip	Hoffman, Darrell	Transcript Reading
00:54:42	Break
01:11:58	Witness Direct Examination	Withrow, William	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
01:59:42	Witness Cross Examination	Butler, James	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
03:35:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Withrow, William	Bennett, Dr. Thomas M.D.	In Person
03:38:41	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

12 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Boorman, Michael	Vogler, Dr. Michelle , Ph.D.	In Person
01:18:20	Break
01:33:17	Witness Cross Examination	Peak, Brandon	Vogler, Dr. Michelle , Ph.D.	In Person
02:42:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Boorman, Michael	Vogler, Dr. Michelle , Ph.D.	In Person
03:02:26	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Peak, Brandon	Vogler, Dr. Michelle , Ph.D.	In Person
03:14:45	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

AUG

PM Session

Verdict

5 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Openings - Damages

12 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict - Damages

0 Chapters

AUG

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Hill v. Ford Motor Co.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

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Video Library

	Description	Attorney
00:24:21	General Case Activities
00:36:20	Opening Statement	Butler, James
01:53:55	End of Session
00:12:23	$1.7B+ Verdict in Rollover, Roof Crush Damages Trial Against Ford	Butler, James

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:08:12	Opening Statement	Withrow, William
00:20:19	Opening Statement	Boorman, Michael
01:24:25	Break
01:46:02	General Case Activities
01:47:37	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Zaas, Carl	Video Recording
02:41:07	Break
02:57:47	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Caruso, Sal	Video Recording
04:02:20	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
-1:18:50
00:41:10	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Balzer, Jason	Video Recording
01:54:25	Break
02:11:52	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Balzer, Jason	Video Recording
03:20:36	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:28:35	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Herbst, Brian	In Person
02:09:10	Break
02:24:42	General Case Activities
02:34:00	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Herbst, Brian	In Person
03:29:15	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:04:31	General Case Activities
00:06:49	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Malek, Paul	Herbst, Brian	In Person
01:10:01	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Butler, James	Herbst, Brian	In Person
02:04:18	Break
02:13:07	General Case Activities
02:27:30	Witness Direct Examination	Butler, James	Eisenstat, Dr. Jonathan M.D.	In Person
03:50:35	General Case Activities
03:56:06	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
-1:51:46
00:00:00	General Case Activities	Henderson, Philip
00:03:11	General Case Activities	Peak, Brandon
00:04:55	Witness Direct Examination	Malek, Paul	Leigh, Michael	In Person
00:42:06	Break
00:54:46	Witness Direct Examination	Malek, Paul	Leigh, Michael	In Person
01:45:54	Break
03:25:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Malek, Paul	Leigh, Michael	In Person
03:31:11	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Butler, James	Leigh, Michael	In Person
03:35:46	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:10	Closing Statement	Davidson, Gerald
00:29:53	Closing Statement	Withrow, William
00:32:43	Closing Statement	Malek, Paul
01:08:20	Closing Statement	Withrow, William
01:38:55	Break
01:54:00	Closing Statement	Butler, James
03:16:02	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:02:32	Reading of the Verdict
		00:04:28	General Case Activities
		00:05:47	General Case Activities
		00:07:29	End of Session