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FORD MOTOR CO. v. COSPER

S23Q0625.

893 S.E.2d 106 (2023)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. COSPER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: September 19, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Andrew Henderson , Michael Roger Boorman , Watson Spence LLP, 999 Peachtree Street, Suite 1130, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Paul Frederich Malek , D. Alan Thomas , Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, 3291 Highway 280, Ste 200, Birmingham, Alabama 35243, Michael W. Eady , Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP, 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 300, Austin, Texas 78746, Timothy M Andrews , Poole Huffman, LLC, 3562 Habersham at Northlake, Building J, Suite 200, Tucker, Georgia 30084, for Appellant.

Nathan Riggs Nicholson , Matthew Evan Cook , Kate Sievert Cook , Robert Harold Childres, III , Cook Law Group, LLC, P.O. Box 2415, Gainesville, Georgia 30503, C. Tab Turner , Damon C. Singleton , Turner & Associates, P.A., Suite 1000, 4705 Somers Ave., North Little Rock, Arkansas 72116, David Hogue , Hogue Law Firm, PLLC, 26 West Township, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703, Jonathan Andrew Parrish , The Parrish Law Firm, LLC, Resurgens Plaza, Suite 2250, 945 East Paces Ferry Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, for Appellee.

Robert Henry Snyder, Jr. , Canella Snyder LLC, PO Box 1399, Decatur, Georgia 30030, Tedra L. Cannella , Canella Snyder LLC, 315 W. Ponce De Leon Avenue, Suite 885, Atlanta, Georgia 30324, Alyssa Bernadette Baskam , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC, 2839 Paces Ferry Road, SE, Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, Madeleine Norine Simmons, Stewart Miller Simmons, 55 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd., NW, Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for Amicus Appellee.

Although product-liability claims are generally subject to a ten-year statute of repose in Georgia, see OCGA § 51-1-11 (b) (2), the statute of repose does not apply to negligence claims "arising out of conduct which manifests a willful, reckless, or wanton disregard for life or property," OCGA § 51-1-11 (c). The U.S. District...

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