Ford Rollover Lawsuit: Bloomberg, "Ford Loses $42 Million Texas Verdict in Rollover Suit"

          A Texas jury today found that Ford Motor Co. should pay $42 million to the family of a 10-year-old boy who was killed when he was partly ejected from a Ford Expedition in a 2004 rollover accident.
 
         The boy, Matthew Marroquin, was wearing his seat belt when the vehicle's side window shattered and the boy hit the ground as it rolled, his family said.

         The Corpus Christi, Texas, state court jury awarded $22 million in actual damages and $20 million in punitive damages, finding the vehicle defective.

         The suit is one of a growing number claiming automakers should have used stronger glass in side and rear windows to prevent ejections and partial ejections. The family's attorneys said laminated glass would have protected the boy.