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MacDonald et al v. Ford Motor Company
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June 01, 2016
Ford Hybrid Drivers Win $850K Atty Fees In Pump Defect Row
A California federal judge on Tuesday handed a victory to a group of Ford drivers that secured a recall of hybrids with allegedly defective engine coolant pumps when he awarded the group nearly $850,000 in attorneys' fees over the automaker's staunch opposition.
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February 11, 2016
Drivers Of Recalled Hybrids Hit Back At Ford In Atty Fee Fight
Drivers in a class action accusing Ford of ignoring a hybrid vehicle defect fired back Wednesday at the company's objections to their request for $876,000 in attorneys' fees, telling a California federal judge the price tag is justified by the hours the lawyers logged and the success they achieved.
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November 03, 2015
Ford Must Pay Drivers' Atty Fees After Hybrid Recall
Ford will have to cover the attorneys' fees of a proposed class of drivers accusing the company of ignoring a defect, in part because the automaker couldn't show it had recalled the vehicles without being prompted by the lawsuit, a California federal judge ruled Monday.
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September 15, 2015
Drivers Rebuff Ford's Objection To Engine Defect Suit Docs
A proposed class seeking attorneys' fees from Ford Motor Co., after bringing a suit they say caused the company to recall vehicles containing a defect in the engine cooling system, told a California federal judge Monday that Ford's objection to evidence they've presented to show this connection is without merit.
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August 28, 2015
Ford Hybrid Engine Recall Spurred By Defect Suit, Class Says
A proposed class alleging Ford Motor Co.'s hybrid vehicles have a defect in their engine-cooling systems told a California federal court Thursday that the automaker hasn't shown their suit wasn't a significant factor when it later recalled the vehicles, renewing their bid for attorneys' fees.
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April 01, 2014
Ford Gets Claims Trimmed From Hybrid Engine Defect Suit
A California federal judge on Monday trimmed a proposed class action alleging two of Ford Motor Co.'s hybrid vehicles can shut down at highway speeds because of a defect in their engine-cooling systems, but allowed the suit to move ahead.
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July 01, 2013
Ford Hybrid Owners Ignite Engine-Shutdown Suit
Two of Ford Motor Co.'s pioneering hybrid sedans can shut down completely and with little warning at highway speeds because of a weakness in their engine-cooling systems, a customer alleged Friday in a proposed class action brought in California court.