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Ford Motor Company, Petitioner v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, et al.

  1. April 20, 2020

    High Court Leaves States, Fed Out Of Ford Defect Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied bids by the federal government and nearly 40 states to join in oral argument over jurisdiction questions in a pair of cases alleging defects in Ford Motor Co. vehicles led to accidents in Montana and Minnesota.

  2. April 02, 2020

    Ford Can't Duck State Defect Suits, Law Profs Tell Justices

    Major manufacturers like Ford can't downplay their business ties in any given state to tilt the scales of personal jurisdiction in their favor and avoid liability for accident claims in those states, law professors told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday.

  3. March 31, 2020

    Ford Warps Jurisdiction In State Defect Suits, Justices Told

    Montana and Minnesota rightly allowed injured residents to sue Ford in state court and the automaker's attempt to warp the standard for exercising specific personal jurisdiction over product liability cases should be rejected, accident victims told the U.S. Supreme Court Monday.

  4. March 05, 2020

    Biz Group Tells Justices State Defect Suits Flout Due Process

    Product manufacturers told the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday that Ford was deprived of due process when Montana's and Minnesota's justices allowed product defect and negligence suits to advance in their states despite a lack of connections between Ford's alleged conduct and the claims at issue.

  5. February 28, 2020

    Ford Urges High Court To Nix 'Free-For-All' State Defect Suits

    Ford told the U.S. Supreme Court Friday that Montana's and Minnesota's justices have enabled a "jurisdictional free for all" by allowing product defect and negligence suits to advance in their states despite a lack of connections between Ford's alleged conduct and the claims at issue.

  6. January 17, 2020

    High Court To Weigh Ford's Challenge To State Defect Suits

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Ford's challenge to two "capacious" decisions that allowed plaintiffs to bring defect suits in states where the auto giant says it does not have a sufficient connection.

  7. September 19, 2019

    Ford Asks Justices To Undo Montana Ruling In Rollover Suit

    Ford has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the standard for applying specific personal jurisdiction in disputes, saying Montana's justices improperly allowed a negligence suit over a fatal rollover to play out in the state despite the lack of a connection between Ford's conduct in the state to the claims at issue.

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