Court Overturns Class Action Ruling Against Ford And Firestone

An appeals court in the USA has overturned the decision of a lower court granting class-action status to non-injury lawsuits against Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone over faulty tyres. The court decided that a class action (with all cases decided on the result of a single trial) would be unmanageable because of the large number of claims and the wide geographic spread. Claims affected by the ruling are for financial compensation only and not those alleging personal injury or death.