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Georgia siblings win $1.7 BILLION from Ford for 2014 crash that killed their parents: Roof of the couple’s F-250 pickup crunched so easily that they ‘might as well have been driving a convertible’

By JENNIFER SMITH, CHIEF REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A pair of Georgia siblings have been awarded $1.7billion in punitive damages from Ford for a 2014 car crash that killed their parents, the largest ever civil verdict to have been awarded in the state.

In 2014, Voncile and Melvin Hill died after their Ford F-250 blew a tire and rolled over. The couple – aged 62 and 74 – were on their way to pick up a new tractor part to be used on their farm in Georgia. A jury this week ruled that they should have survived the crash and would have had the roof of their F-250 been designed properly. Instead, it crunched under the impact of the roll and the pair later died of injuries.

The couple’s adult children Adam and Kim, both in their fifties, sued Ford and Pep Boys, the auto shop that fitted the vehicle’s tires four years before the crash…

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