Jurors to hear closing arguments today in Ford trial

Published: Saturday, August 5, 2006 - 8:08 am

By Julie Howle
STAFF WRITER
jhowle@greenvillenews.com

Jurors will hear closing arguments today in the trail about a 1999 wreck that killed one person and injured another.

Sonya Watson, who was 17 at the time of the wreck, was driving a 1995 Ford Explorer and is now a quadriplegic. Patricia Carter, who was in the seat behind Watson, died in the wreck.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the case against Ford Motor Co., TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. and D&D Motors Inc. have said Watson and Carter were wearing seatbelts and that the belts came unlatched. But defense attorneys have said Watson and Carter weren't wearing seatbelts.

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