We represented the Class Representatives and a nationwide Class of over 500,000 individuals against Ford Motor Company and Williams Controls, Inc. in a products liability class action alleging that defective accelerator pedals were installed in hundreds of thousands of Ford Super Duty pick-up trucks and Ford Excursions. The Class was certified in 2007 by the Oklahoma trial court, and after the certification was reversed on appeal, the firm succeeded before the Oklahoma Supreme Court in vacating the appellate order and reinstating the Class certification with respect to all of Plaintiffs’ breach of warranty claims.
On September 23, 2010, Plaintiffs obtained trial court approval of what in effect amounted to a voluntary recall worth potentially millions of dollars to the Class members. More specifically, Class members experiencing the alleged defect could opt to have their vehicles’ pedals replaced by Ford free of charge.