Jury Finds Ford Liable

LA Times ^ | 10/22/05 | Bloomberg News

[CSM]

Link only, per what I am interpreting as our copy write rules.

Bottom line, Ford has been found liable for failing to properly warn the public not to recline in their seats while driving. Oh, and to not prop their feet up on the dashboard and take a nap. For some strange reason, Ford is supposed to make sure people understand that cars don't drive themselves.....

All this to the tune of $16.95 millioin.

[CSM]

We must get meaningful tort reform ASAP!

[livius]

I assume this refers to the boyz from the hood I see driving around here with their seats reclined so far back you can barely see the tops of their heads. I have no idea how they see over the dash to drive. Of course, maybe they don't...

[Brilliant]

Is it a CA jury?

[End Times Sentinel]

For some strange reason, Ford is supposed to make sure people understand that cars don't drive themselves

Mine does.  It has cruise control... and a special feature that makes me actually a better driver when I'm drunk.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)

[giobruno]

ROFLOL!

[Dan from Michigan]

What bullshit.

[Phantom Lord]

I have no idea how they see over the dash to drive.

Sounds like an old lady in a Cadillac.

[Wolfie]

Why have reclining seats at all? If you're not supposed to use them when riding in the car, what's the point?

[Phantom Lord]

What they really need is swivel seats so you can turn around and smack the kids.

[Always Right]

Bottom line, Ford has been found liable for failing to properly warn the public not to recline in their seats while driving.

I haven't seen a warning, but I have found I drive better when facing forward...

[American Quilter]

It has cruise control...

Oh, is THAT what my cruise control is for. I thought it was to keep Tom Cruise away from my car.

[Wolfie]

No, they should have a boxing glove on a spring for that.

[boomop1]

How about quenching down in your seat so just your kinky hair is visible?

[toddlintown]

"Why have reclining seats at all?"

Did you ever date?

[Landru]

"What bullshit."

Amen.

...sometimes there's no *nice way* to say it.

[ncountylee]

Martin was injured in 1999 while she was a passenger in the Windstar driven by her mother. Martin wouldn't have been hurt in the low-speed collision if she hadn't been reclining, Langdon said.

[DennisR]

Well, at least it was not $16.96 billion. Juries are typically idiots when they come to these types of awards; or should I say "rewards"? Let's see - who was driving the car? Seems like it should be THEIR problem, not Ford's.

[gridlock]

It's a shame Katie did not have that feature...

[A Texan]

In High School they were pretty useful when the car was parked.

[livius]

She's at least trying - these guys are so far down they make it look like there's no one driving, and when you get close enough to see them, they're lying so far back they're practically staring at the ceiling.