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Byline: Eric Freedman Ford Motor Co. and the dealership that serviced a 2020 F-250 Super Duty can't force the pickup's owners to arbitrate their lemon law claim because the automaker [...]

Lawyers for Ford Motor Co. have dredged up a plant employee's history as a backup singer for Eminem in their fight to quash her lawsuit accusing the automaker of subjecting [...]

Byline: Dustin Walsh Ford Motor Co. filed an antitrust lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield last week, alleging the insurer is turning 'astronomical profits' and paying 'extraordinary salaries' by fixing [...]

Byline: Bennett Loudon A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Rochester-area auto dealer accusing Ford Motor Co. of breach of contract and discrimination. Mary Catherine 'Kitty' Van [...]

Byline: Audrey LaForest Ford Motor Co., along with BMW Group, Honda, Volkswagen and Volvo Cars, last week filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit to support California and [...]

Byline: Melissa Burden A New York dealer is suing Ford Motor Co., claiming that the automaker reneged on a plan to allow her to purchase a Ford dealership in the [...]

Byline: Vince Bond Jr. Jeep's biggest-ever SUVs carry a big asterisk: a $2,000 shipping charge tacked onto the bottom of the window sticker for every Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer. That [...]

Byline: Nick Bunkley Watch out, Tom Cruise. General Motors might come after you next. Ted Cruz, too. Who knows how far GM's lawyers will go at this point. For now, [...]

In the case of Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang owners vs. Ford, a 4-year-old lawsuit that won't seem to go away, Ford took a double ding this month. The case revolves [...]

Byline: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF 7th Circuit Digests 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Carmen Consolino v. Brian Towne, et al. Case No.: 16-361 Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and [...]

Byline: Nick Bunkley During a 27-year career at Ford Motor Co., Mike Richards oversaw the launch of the first Lincoln Navigator and held several high-level marketing positions. At one point, [...]

Byline: Gabe Nelson Ford Motor Co. was sued for patent infringement more than a dozen times between 2012 and 2014, but not by jilted suppliers or rival automakers. It was [...]

HERE'S A RHYTHM TO EVERY LIFE, a cadence that marks the otherwise unbroken flow of one year into the next. Some lives are lived hard and fast, others slowly and [...]

NEGLIGENT RETENTION. In a case before the Michigan Supreme Court, an employee hired to work in a Ford Motor Company cafeteria by a third-party catering firm may not sue Ford [...]

Byline: SHEENA HARRISON In the wake of a federal court ruling that telecommuting is a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disability Act, experts say employers should evaluate their work-from-home [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman After six years of litigation, a federal judge has tossed a bad faith claim against Ford Motor Co. by an Ohio dealership angry about Ford's approving and [...]

Byline: David Sedgwick In March 2009, Ford Motor Co. asked suppliers to bid for a contract to provide wire harnesses for the Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ. It should have [...]

Byline: Gabe Nelson Ford Motor Co. has taken one of its Japanese suppliers to court over claims that the supplier took part in a long-running conspiracy to fix prices of [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman A Ford store in Baton Rouge, La., has lost its bid to overturn a $34,702 damage award to purchasers of a 2008 Edge demo who were not [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle and Mike Colias Ford Motor Co. hopes capacity cuts in Europe will make the company profitable there by the middle of the decade. But whether Ford fully [...]

Byline: Lindsay Chappell Nissan North America will square off against Ford Motor Co. for a piece of the small cargo van market this year when it begins production of its [...]

Byline: Larry P. Vellequette When 'exes' get back together, sometimes things work out. But other times -- well, not so much. This month Ford Motor Co. sued a longtime executive, [...]

Byline: Pat Murphy Ford Motor Co. is not liable for negligent design regarding a fuel tank that burst into flames when an automobile was struck from behind, the Illinois Supreme [...]

Byline: Amy Wilson Six months after Ford Motor Co. built its last Mercury, the automaker is still battling with dealers who object to what they call low-ball settlement offers. Ford [...]

By Lara O'Reilly Ford has became the first brand to announce it is pulling advertising from the News of the World, while Halifax and Npower are reviewing their options, following [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman A Pennsylvania appellate court has upheld an award of almost $10.1 million against Ford Motor Co. and a defunct Pittsburgh dealership in a product liability case alleging [...]

Byline: Edward Lapham It's great that Ferrari is trying to make nice-nice with Ford over the possible confusion created when the Italian automaker decided to dub its Formula One race [...]

Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., was sued in London by Britain's Unite labor union over claims the automaker wrongfully encouraged workers to move to Visteon Corp.'s U.K. unit before it [...]

Byline: Robert Sherefkin A distributor of Ford Motor Co. powertrain parts to Ford dealers has sued to keep the business, in a challenge to what it says is the automaker's [...]

SEVERANCE Okun v. Montefiore Medical Center The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reverses and remands the decision of the district court and finds that the defendant employer's [...]

Ford Motor and Navistar International announced Jan. 13 that they have settled lawsuits over quality, contract-compliance and price issues with Navistar 'PowerStroke' diesel engines for Ford pickup trucks. 'As a [...]

Unfortunately, I didn't get to see either Flash of Genius or An American Carol when they opened last weekend. Flash of Genius is the story of inventor Robert Kearns and [...]

TheraMatrix Physical Therapy in Pontiac was to file a multimillion-dollar lawsuit today against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for breaching a 2005 vendor agreement and a 2006 provider agreement [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman An auction company cannot be held liable for selling a defective vehicle, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled unanimously. The decision prevents the estate of a driver [...]

The former owner of a now-defunct Ford dealership has settled a lawsuit with Ford Motor Credit. Gail Duncan and her husband, Shashi TejPaul, have agreed to pay the lending agency [...]

Navistar International last week said it re-filed a lawsuit against Ford Motor 'for violating a diesel engine contract in which Ford promised that Navistar would be Ford's primary manufacturer and [...]

Importers from Canada and Mexico, beware. U.S. Customs and Border Protection may soon hold you responsible for keeping the records that prove your shipments were made in Mexico or Canada [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman In 1994, 3-year-old Walter White was playing in the driveway of his Nevada home. His father's 1992 Ford F-350 pickup, which was parked in the driveway, rolled [...]

Byline: April Wortham A nonunion Navistar plant is supplying Ford with diesel engines as the companies remain locked in a pricing dispute and Navistar deals with UAW strikes. Navistar International [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman A driver injured when the seat belt of his 1997 Ford Ranger failed in a crash is entitled to a new trial in a product liability lawsuit [...]

Navistar International announced this month that it has filed yet another lawsuit against Ford in a continuing dispute over contracts to supply diesel engines for Ford pickup trucks. The latest [...]

The claim in Oakland County (Mich.) Circuit Court contends Ford is guilty of 'breach of contract' by aiming to replace the International 'PowerStroke' diesel engine with another diesel engine prior [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman The South Carolina Court of Appeals has unanimously affirmed a jury verdict in favor of Ford Motor Co. in a lawsuit alleging that the driver's occupant protection [...]

Byline: Harry Stoffer Automakers and other manufacturers are backing a Ford Motor Co. appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court of a $55 million punitive damage award in an Explorer rollover [...]

Ford Motor Co. erroneously reported certain personal property on its tax statements and these erroneous reports were used by the cities and township in issuing tax assessments. When Ford sought [...]