$100,000,000 Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of 22-Year-Old who Suffered Multiple Catastrophic Injuries Due to Ford Motor Company’s Negligence

On October 11, 2003, Latoya Duckett a 22-year-old college student decided to spend her spring break in Atlanta, Georgia. The vehicle in which Duckett was a rear seat passenger, suddenly swerved to the left of the roadway, lost control and flipped over several times.

The vehicle ultimately landed upside down in the middle of the eastbound lane.

During the accident, Duckett was ejected from the vehicle. As a result, she sustained significant brain damage, broken bones, a collapsed lung, fractured skull, paralysis to her left arm and hand and was forced to have her right leg amputated.

Willie Gary and his law partner Donald Watson along with co-counsels, Joel Rosen of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Jason Knowles of Gadsden, Alabama contend that Ford Motor Company negligently designed, manufactured, produced and distributed the Mercury Mountaineer, which caused the occurrence.

The Mercury Mountaineer involved in the incident was defective and dangerous as it did not possess sufficient stability to prevent it from rolling over onto its side and roof. Ford Motor Company knew of this defect but refused to make the necessary corrections.

Gary and team are seeking $100,000,000.00 in punitive damages.