Mar 12, 2020 · Mattie Ulrich told the court she received a Pinto recall notice from Ford in February 1979, six months after her daughters and niece were killed. Eyewitness Alfred Clark also testified on behalf of the prosecution.

The Pinto, a subcompact car made by Ford Motor Company, became infamous in the 1970s for bursting into flames if its gas tank was ruptured in a collision. The lawsuits brought by injured people and their survivors uncovered how the company rushed the Pinto through production and onto the market.

Jun 29, 2023 · In the 1970s, a landmark case involving the Ford Pinto sent shockwaves through the automotive industry and forever changed the legal landscape for personal injury law. The defective fuel tank design of the Ford Pinto resulted in …

Grimshaw and the heirs of Mrs. Gray (Grays) sued Ford Motor Company and others. Following a six-month jury trial, verdicts were returned in favor of plaintiffs against Ford Motor Company.

Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company (119 Cal.App.3d 757, 174 Cal.Rptr. 348) was a personal injury tort case decided in Orange County, California in February 1978 and affirmed by a California appellate court in May 1981. The lawsuit involved the safety of the design of the Ford Pinto automobile, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company.

Ford Motor Company became the first American corporation to be criminally prosecuted when it was charged with reckless homicide. Three girls died in a fire after their Ford Pinto was struck in the rear and burst into flames; their families claimed that the fire was attributable to the Pinto's faulty fuel tank design.

Jul 23, 2018 · Take the case of the Ford Pinto, the much-maligned subcompact produced by the American manufacturer to compete with the growing foreign car imports in the late 1960s and into the 1970s.

Ford produced the Pinto automobile from 1971 to 1980. Initially the car sold well, but a defect in early models made Pintos prone to leaking fuel and catching on fire after relatively low-speed, rear-end collisions. The Pinto's gasoline tank was located behind the rear axle.

May 1, 2012 · Did you know that Ford Motor Co. in 1973 circulated a memo amongst senior management concluding in a cost-benefit analysis that it would be less expensive to alter production of autos known to be susceptible to firey explosions from leaking gas tanks than to pay victims for catastrophic burn injuries or deaths resulting from the defect?

The Ford Pinto has been cited and debated in numerous business ethics [60] [61] as well as tort reform [62] [63] case studies. The placement of the car's fuel tank was the result of both conservative industry practice of the time as well as the uncertain regulatory environment during the development and early sales periods of the car.