FCA loses appeal of fatal Jeep-fire case before Georgia Supreme Court

By:

David Shepardson

March 15, 2018 05:00 AM

The Georgia State Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld a $40 million award to the family of a 4-year-old boy killed in 2012 when the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee in which he was riding was rear-ended and burst into flames.

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