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FORD MOTOR CO. v. SASSER

No. A05A1152.

618 S.E.2d 47 (2005)

274 Ga. App. 459

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. SASSER.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 15, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa W. Roseborough, Deborah M. Danzig, Kristen H. Glover, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, W. Seaborn Jones, Philippa V. Ellis, Richard J. Baker, Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, L.L.P., Atlanta, for appellant.

Andrew M. Scherffius, III, Tamara Ayres, Jeffrey R. Harris, Sherffius, Ballard, Still & Ayres, L.L.P., Jason L. Crawford, Butler, Wooten, Fryhofer, Daughtery & Crawford, Atlanta, for appellee.

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

In this products liability action, Ford Motor Company appeals a $47.7 million jury verdict entered in favor of Kelsey Sasser, who was permanently paralyzed when the back seat latch of a Ford vehicle failed during an auto accident, thereby causing the back seat to collapse forward and injure six-year-old Kelsey's spinal cord. Ford contends that the trial court erred by: (1) denying its motion for new trial because plaintiff's theory of the...

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