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Landmark Cases

Nov
30
2015

$30.8 Million Verdict – Ford Rollover

A Miami Jury awarded 12 year old Mary “Phoebe” Jimenez and her parents Maria Beth and Ramon Philip Jimenez $30.8 million in damages against Ford Motor Company after finding Ford liable for improperly installing the air valve on the right-rear Goodyear tire of the family’s rented E-350 Econoline van. The…

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Nov
30
2015

$17 Million Verdict against Ford Econoline

In 2001, Ervin A. Gonzalez and Mike Eidson obtained a $17 million jury verdict in a Miami state court against Ford in a wrongful death lawsuit arising out of the faulty installation of a tire valve stem.

Nov
26
2015

$725,000:Defective Door/Amputated Finger

Four years after a Palm Beach County toddler lost her finger due to a defective rear door hinge in a ford Explorer, a Palm Beach County judge ordered ford Motor Company to pay $725,000 in damages to her in a case tried by Ervin A. Gonzalez. In 1995, a two-year-old…

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Nov
26
2015

Jury Awards $6 Million to Teenager Injured in Ford Van Rollover

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, July 25, 2007 – A Ft. Lauderdale Jury awarded 22 year old Julian Felipe $6 million in compensatory damages against Ford Motor Company after finding Ford negligent for failing to to use reasonable care by placing its 1993 Aerostar Model Van on the market for sale with…

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Nov
26
2015

$6 Million Verdict against Ford Aerostar

In 2007, Ervin A. Gonzalez and Deborah J. Gander obtained a $6 million verdict against Ford in a personal injury case arising out of injuries received when the roof of a Ford Aerostar 15 passenger van failed in an accident.