A Federal Judge in Tulsa Oklahoma ordered a new trial for Ford in an Explorer rollover case in which the jury awarded $15 million. In her order, the judge referenced personal attacks on Ford attorneys and witnesses. The Judge specifically referenced the closing argument of the plaintiff’s counsel, wherein he "blatantly suggested that Ford Explorers were responsible for 10,000 deaths per year, and he had the temerity to compare this improper suggestion to the number of deaths in the Iraq War." The Judge found that because the argument was made in the final portion of plaintiff’s counsel’s final argument, Ford had no opportunity to respond or to cure any resulting prejudice.
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