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Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company (119 Cal.App.3d 757, 174 Cal.Rptr. 348) was a personal injury tort case decided in Orange County, California in February 1978 and affirmed by a California appellate court in May 1981. The lawsuit involved the safety of the design of the Ford Pinto automobile, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company.
The Ford Pinto has been cited and debated in numerous business ethics [60] [61] as well as tort reform [62] [63] case studies. The placement of the car's fuel tank was the result of both conservative industry practice of the time as well as the uncertain regulatory environment during the development and early sales periods of the car.
The infamous "Pinto memo", a document submitted to the NHTSA examining the societal costs of new roll-over legislation, was presented to the public as proof that Ford executives knew about a design defect and decided to do nothing after calculating that paying off lawsuits was cheaper than reengineering the car. This presentation resulted in ...
Sure, Pintos did tend to catch on fire when rear-ended hard enough, but the big controversy on the subject didn't take off until publication of the Mother Jones "Pinto Madness" article of late 1977.
A 1977 article in Mother Jones alleged Ford was aware of the design flaw, refused to pay for a redesign, and decided it would be cheaper to pay off possible lawsuits. The magazine obtained a cost-benefit analysis that it said Ford had used to compare the cost of repairs (Ford estimated the cost to be $11 per car) against the cost of settlements ...
The following is a list of Ford bellhousing patterns. ... 2.0/2.3/2.5 Lima (At least early blocks had both the Pinto/Kent pattern and the modified Lima pattern)
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With a 302-cubic-inch V-8 under the hood, there's more to this Pinto than meets the eye. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...