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The Supreme Court of Georgia has upheld a $13 million judgment against Ford Motor in a suit brought by the widower of a woman killed when a truck slammed into the rear of her 1985 Mercury Marquis, leading to her death at the scene, according to a brief in the case. Plaintiffs lawyers' theory was that Ford's design of the Marquis made the fuel tank too vulnerable and that the design of a trailer hitch made by co-defendant Draw-Tite involved dangerous bolts that punctured the tank, resulting in the fire.