Ford Explorer Rollover Accident- Death of New York Mets prospect $131 million award

 

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Ford Explorer Rollover Accident- Death of New York Mets prospect

$131 million award- Click HERE for Fast Company article.

The family of a New York Mets prospect killed in a 2001 rollover accident while leaving spring training won a $131 million judgment against the Ford Motor Co. from a Laurel, Miss., jury. The case was then settled before the punitive phase for a confidential amount. Tab Turner represented the family. Brian Cole, a top outfield prospect for the Mets, died from injuries suffered on March 31, 2001, when his Ford Explorer Sport veered off State Highway 8 in Florida and rolled over. According to Mr. Turner, the family contended "the Explorer is defective and unreasonably dangerous for the uses for which it was marketed because the vehicle has an unreasonable tendency to roll when used as Ford marketed it to be used [as a station wagon replacement], and that the vehicle is also defective and unreasonably dangerous from an occupant protection or 'crashworthiness' standpoint because the safety belt failed to remain locked and permitted Brian to be thrown from the car and killed."