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Ford Says Sanctions Violated Due Process In $1.7B Case

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urged the Georgia Court of Appeals on Tuesday either to order a new trial or substantially reduce a record-setting $1.7 billion punitive damages verdict returned against the automaker in litigation over a fatal rollover, arguing the award resulted from "death penalty sanctions" that essentially directed a verdict against it.

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Ford Attys Appeal Sanctions In $1.7B Rollover Case

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in litigation over a fatal rollover are appealing a Georgia state judge's sanctions that preceded a second trial and record-setting $1.7 billion punitive damages verdict against the automaker, in a move that opposing counsel called "really weird."