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BORN: July 22, 1971, Michigan City EDUCATION: Valparaiso U, B.A., 1993 FAMILY: Single RELIGION: United Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Communications liaison POLITICAL CAREER: Democratic precinct committee, Marshall County, 1993-96; Plymouth city Democratic chairman, 1995 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 325, Winamac...
...Henry Ford II, who retired after nearly 35 years as the company's boss and was succeeded as chairman by Philip Caldwell, 60. The second was for Donald Petersen, 53, who replaced Caldwell as president. The third was for the automaker's acquittal that same day in Winamac, Ind., on unprecedented criminal charges of reckless homicide in the deaths of three teen-age girls in a fiery Pinto crash in 1978. They were the 57th, 58th and 59th people to die in accidents involving the subcompact, which Ford began making...
...stake in the trial was far more than the maximum penalty of $30,000 in fines. Ford's losses in civil suits resulting from Pinto accidents already total millions of dollars. Executives feared that a guilty verdict in Winamac could expose the firm to untold millions of dollars in punitive damages-a penalty above and beyond a plaintiffs actual losses-in the nearly 40 Pinto cases still pending. Little wonder, then, that Ford was reportedly willing to budget $1 million for its defense, which was headed by James Neal, 50, the gravel-voiced Tennessean who was chief prosecutor...
...Winamac case involved a yellow 1973 Pinto that was carrying Judy Ann Ulrich, 18, her sister Lynn Marie, 16, and cousin Donna Ulrich, 18, to volleyball practice in Goshen, Ind., on Aug. 10,1978. As they were headed north on five-lane U.S. Route 33, their car was struck from behind by a 1972 Chevrolet van. The Pinto collapsed like a concertina; its fuel tank ruptured, and the car burst into flames. Lynn Marie and Donna died in the wreck; Judy Ann, who had been driving, was pulled out alive but died within hours at a hospital. Unknown...
...hoped the verdict would "discourage prosecutions like this in the future." But some legal experts doubt that it will. They believe that the publicity may encourage prosecutors elsewhere to bring similar cases. Said Cosentino: "I would hope that the fact that Ford Motor Co. had to come to Winamac, Ind., and defend itself on a criminal charge would put all large corporations on notice. Corporations have to be responsible citizens; they cannot pollute our waters, pollute our atmosphere or put out a defective product that can be fatal...