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• Judge Floyd denies plaintiff's motion for new trial in Bronco blow out case

  By David Yates | Thursday, Mar 4, 2010 @ 4:38am

  Judge Donald Floyd, who has granted defeated plaintiffs new trials twice in two years, recently ended his streak by shooting down a trial lawyer seeking a retrial after jurors left his clients empty handed.

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• Plaintiff asks Judge Floyd for new trial in Bronco blow out case

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 @ 9:59am

  In April 2009, a Jefferson County jury found no negligence on the part of Calvin Ford for indirectly selling a Ford Bronco to Eric Carlsen, who died in a wreck when the wheels came off his newly purchased sport utility vehicle.

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• Wrongful death trial over Bronco blow out ends with multiple no negligence verdicts

  By David Yates | Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @ 9:30am

  Five defendants blamed for selling a Ford Bronco or its tires have each been found to be not negligent in causing the death of Eric Carlsen, a Jefferson County jury decided recently.

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• Wrongful death trial against Ford continues, delays KCS hearing on docket

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Apr 15, 2009 @ 9:46am

  A wrongful death trial over a Ford Bronco blowout in Judge Donald Floyd's 172nd District Court has run longer than expected, forcing a crop of slated hearings to be reset for a later harvest.

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• Wrongful death trial over Bronco blow out begins in local court

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Apr 8, 2009 @ 2:30pm

  1994 Ford Bronco After having his pre-owned 1994 Ford Bronco for only two months, one of the tires broke off Eric Carlsen's truck while he was driving on a highway and Carlsen was killed when the Bronco wrecked.

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• This Just In: Recent civil suits filed in Jefferson County District Courts

  By David Yates | Thursday, Jan 8, 2009 @ 4:00am

  Recent civil suits filed in Jefferson County District Courts, Dec. 19-31, 2008

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