Ford Pitches for Fresh Trial After $1.7 Billion Jury Verdict in Truck Rollover Mishap

Ford Pitches for Fresh Trial After $1.7 Billion Jury Verdict in Truck Rollover Mishap
A Ford Motor Company sign stands at a Ford dealership in Troy, Mich., on Nov. 3, 2008. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
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Ford Motor Co. urged a Georgia court for a new trial after a jury reached a $1.7 billion verdict against the automaker involving a truck rollover accident that left two people dead.

Ford claimed unfair preclusion from providing evidence that would have demonstrated the truck involved was safe, with a more robust roof structure than many of its peers, the WSJ reports.