Beck v. Ford Motor Company

  1. October 01, 2024

    Ford Must Face Trimmed Suit Over Alleged Truck Roof Defects

    A Michigan federal judge trimmed a proposed class action alleging Ford Motor Co. knowingly sold defective trucks with weak roofs that collapse in a rollover, tossing certain claims brought on behalf of unrepresented states, but rejecting other defense arguments — including Ford's statute-of-limitations defense — for being premature.

  2. September 26, 2024

    Ford Says $1.7B Ga. Verdict No Excuse For Delayed Claims

    Lawyers for Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it strains credulity that Super Duty truck drivers didn't learn about their allegedly weak roofs until a billion-dollar jury verdict in Georgia, arguing in Michigan that decades of other suits and government documents could have clued in the plaintiffs sooner.

  3. September 06, 2022

    Ford Faces Class Claims After $1.7B Roof Defect Trial Loss

    Ford knowingly sold 5.2 million trucks with dangerously weak roofs, a California driver has claimed in a proposed class action brought in Michigan federal court just weeks after a Georgia jury slapped the automaker with a $1.7 billion punitive damages verdict over the alleged defect.