http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/didnt-want-sibling-relationship-to-completely-disintegrate-over-this-tragedy%e2%80%9d/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/didnt-want-sibling-relationship-to-completely-disintegrate-over-this-tragedy%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-39560 John Hochfelder Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:04:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8612#comment-39560 New York juries hate suits against relatives, especially those claiming that negligence caused a trip and fall at a relative's home home, and the juries routinely find for the defendant in those cases. In this case, though, the jury clearly saw what was happening - that plaintiff had to sue the her relative/host driver in order to join as a defendant the manufacturer, Ford Motor, on the seat belt claim. And in the end, of course, the jury found no liability on Ford's part, instead probably properly assessing 100% fault against the driver. New York juries hate suits against relatives, especially those claiming that negligence caused a trip and fall at a relative’s home home, and the juries routinely find for the defendant in those cases. In this case, though, the jury clearly saw what was happening – that plaintiff had to sue the her relative/host driver in order to join as a defendant the manufacturer, Ford Motor, on the seat belt claim. And in the end, of course, the jury found no liability on Ford’s part, instead probably properly assessing 100% fault against the driver.

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