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Liability Risk and Insurance

Ford/Firestone class overturned

The Chicago Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned an earlier decision allowing class action status to claims for economic injury brought against Ford and Firestone. These claims include risk of diminution of value of car on resale because of the well-known tyre and roll-over problems.

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