| Show n Standard-Examin- Qips — Believe It orNot -- iK'n '' ? f ‘ M - : I TREES a MCRE TUnM j -- PoRCuPtME 'Gct k 1V' - G L :fies Ind (AP) — The jury in Ford Motor homicide Co’s reckless trial begins deliberating Mona could help define industry’s legal day in case that responsibility to the public A conviction could send ripples through boardrooms across the nation For the first time a jury is being asked to decide whether to convict a corporation on a criminal charge of reckless design of a product and failure to warn the public of the dangers A conviction attorneys for both sides agree could send a message to businesses around the nation trigger other such prosecutions and increase claims in civil product liability cases — including as many as 50 suits related to the Pinto Ford is charged with reckless homicide in a crash in s which three burned to death in August 1978 Their 1973 Pinto sedan exploded in flames when hit from behind by a van on US 33 near Goshen Ind Conviction could result in fines of up to $10000 on each of the three counts WTNAMAC FISH rcN3 sharp or n 5 Borv Y4&s OOO AGO II !i i CHIEF CER'- - MASTER amt Cmarlfs S' IR'iMSKy WITH THE U-2- - teen-ager- Air FORCE IM bAPUGM GREECE r till wears the pair la LJ'vl LEAS StAisERS tr VJT D TO rdW wtfLM EUTLTALD THE LREV CE IM 1946 — Y£AK?S A " TSxO so 30 Mar 9 1980 Juty May Get Pinto Case © n Monday AirA-- i Sunday er NEW ERA “I think this would open a new era in regards to business and product safety” said William Conour an Indianapolis lawyer and prosecution adviser “If Ford is convicted businesses will know they are going to run the risk of a stigma of criminal prosecution if they Honor System Falls Firms Go Out of Business are unreasonably dangerous I think this would interject a new note into the boardrooms of America” And says Ford attorney Richard Steinbronn “as- suming the theory is upheld it has added a new dimension to product liability” Ford was indicted under a state law allowing criminal prosecution of corporations The prosecution has been limited to a $20000 budget and volunteer help — against the automaker’s fat purse Money has proved a sore point with prosecutor Michael Cosentino calling Ford attorney James F Neal of Nashville Tenn an “overpriced lawyer” in court Neal a former Watergate prosecutor and the only attorney to gain a conviction against Teamster president James R Hoffa has denied reports he will receive a $1 million fee Ford won’t say how much it is spending on the case but a spokesman who asked not to be identified said the company had no quarrel with the $1 million estimate some observers have suggested The spokesman would not say if the $1 million included the salaries of attorneys BUYS TRANSCRIPS Aside from fees for its many attorneys Ford is buying daily trial transcripts — more than 5600 pages for over $50000 — and rented nine apartments at $50 a trial Cosentino esday each during the timated nine crash test films Ford made for the trial cost about $70000 Testimony ended Wednesday and Pulaski Circuit Judge Harold R Staffeldt dismissed the jury telling them to “rest up” to hear arguments and begin deliberating Monday The impact of the crash has emerged as a key issue in the case with the state contending defects in the Pinto’s fuel system made it likely to leak fuel in low- - to rear-enmoderate-speecrashes Ford argued it was of the force the impact rather than any alleged defect that caused the tank to explode Pathologists said the three young women would have walked away after the crash if not for the fire indicating the impact was not great enough to cause serious injury And seven eyewitnesses estimated the Pinto’s speed at 15 to 35 mph when it was hit by the van which was traveling about 50 mph But a nurse and an orderly were called by the defense to testify that the Pinto driver Judy Ann Ulrich 18 told them before she died that her car was stopped when struck That testimony most observers agreed was most damaging to the state’s case nine-wee- k d d mmm Studio Sears portraits Portrait passports copies a? 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