May 12, 2015
Plaintiffs in three class actions against Ford Motor Co. over unintended acceleration risks on Tuesday urged a West Virginia federal judge to reconsider the automaker's use of a "secretive and defective" self-selection method for discovery, saying Ford misrepresented that it was reasonably producing documents.
April 20, 2015
Ford Motor Co. told a West Virginia federal court Friday that the relevance of its proprietary source code to discovery in three class actions over unintended acceleration risks in its vehicles does not outweigh the burden that producing the information would pose, objecting to a magistrate judge decision finding the opposite.
April 15, 2015
A West Virginia magistrate judge on Tuesday shot down a bid to compel Ford Motor Co. to reproduce documents it clawed back in an unintended acceleration defect putative class action, saying the materials were inadvertently disclosed and that Ford took reasonable steps to protect the documents.
April 10, 2015
Ford Motor Co. on Thursday urged a West Virginia federal judge to nix a putative class's bid to compel the automaker to reproduce documents it clawed back in a suit over alleged unintended acceleration defects, saying the documents relate to confidential communications between its employees and general counsel.
April 03, 2015
Ford Motor Co. must provide a portion of proprietary source code to the plaintiffs in a proposed class action claiming the company's electronic throttle control system contains a defect that can cause unintended acceleration, a West Virginia federal judge ruled Friday.
October 29, 2014
A putative class suing Ford Motor Co. over alleged unintended acceleration defects argued Tuesday in West Virginia federal court that the automaker can't sanction the plaintiffs for not turning over some of their vehicles for inspection, while Ford urged the court to require them to comply with discovery requests that same day.
March 31, 2014
A West Virginia federal judge on Monday slowed a putative class action alleging defects in Ford's vehicles that cause unintended acceleration, trimming claims in the suit just weeks after Toyota Motor Corp. won approval of a $1.2 billion settlement of a similar issue.
March 28, 2013
A group of purchasers hit Ford Motor Co. with a putative class action Thursday in West Virginia federal court in connection with alleged defects in Ford's vehicles that cause unintended acceleration, echoing a similar issue that has been heavily litigated against Toyota Motor Corp.