The lawsuit alleges that 1999-2016 Super Duty pickups are all impacted by this issue, resulting in multiple other deaths in at least 80 similar rollover crashes. However, Ford has long argued that these roofs met all government safety standards at the time, though those standards were updated in 2012 and The Blue Oval wasn’t required to adhere to them until 2017.
Monday, July 08, 2024
in the fall of 2022, Ford was ordered to pay $1.7 billion in punitive damages over an allegation that the roofs present on 1999-2016 Ford Super Duty models aren’t strong enough to hold up in the event of a rollover crash,
At first, Ford asked for a new trial, arguing that the judge at the time barred the automaker from providing evidence that it says would prove other factors could have contributed to the death of the two Super Duty occupants in question. However, that request wasn’t granted, and just this past February, another Super Duty roof crush lawsuit was revived following an appeal. Now, the fate of the original roof crush lawsuit is set to be determined by a Georgia appeals court
The Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia will ultimately decide whether or not Ford will be forced to pay $1.7 billion to the plaintiffs in the case, who are the children of the two people killed in that accident after a tire blew out – though that tire was the incorrect one for the Super Duty, and was installed by Pep Boys. The truck rolled over three times as a result, and the plaintiffs claimed that its weak roof was to blame for the resulting deaths of its occupants.
The lawsuit alleges that 1999-2016 Super Duty pickups are all impacted by this issue, resulting in multiple other deaths in at least 80 similar rollover crashes. However, Ford has long argued that these roofs met all government safety standards at the time, though those standards were updated in 2012 and The Blue Oval wasn’t required to adhere to them until 2017.
The lawsuit alleges that 1999-2016 Super Duty pickups are all impacted by this issue, resulting in multiple other deaths in at least 80 similar rollover crashes. However, Ford has long argued that these roofs met all government safety standards at the time, though those standards were updated in 2012 and The Blue Oval wasn’t required to adhere to them until 2017.
I called the junk yard looking for replacement seats for my 01' F250 about ten years ago. Was told the good condition used seats were crushed on roll overs, so non damaged seats are rare. Evidently weak cabs were a given even way back then.
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