M.D. La. · No. 3:26-cv-01063
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| Matter | Type | Practice area | Court | Date | Value |
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| Ford Motor Companysource ↗ filed by Duck Law Firm · Judge Shelly Deckert Dick · No. 3:26-cv-01063 · 15:2301 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act · view case timeline → Comparable settlements $59.50M–$725M ▾Comparable privacy/tracking rulings split: Bayhealth and Gunnar Optiks allowed claims to survive on factual ambiguity, while Tower Health (Meta Pixel) and Nuance (BIPA) were dismissed outright. No Ford-specific wiretap precedent exists, so outcome hinges on how courts treat connected-vehicle data collection consent issues. Comparable settlements $59.50M–$725M median $81.50M · n=10 Meta $725M · Google $425M · Google LLC $135M Per member (realized): ~$29 median · $29–$29 (n=2) Comparable verdict: Google LLC $425.70M · Google LLC $425.65M Key precedent: Santoro v. Tower Health (3rd Cir.) — dismissal of Meta Pixel health-data-sharing claim with prejudice shows courts often reject tracking-tech privacy theories absent concrete harm. Main risk: Dismissal on pleading-stage grounds as in Tower Health and Nuance, where tracking/consent claims failed without concrete statutory harm shown. This defendant: Prior Ford rulings involve warranty/product severance, not privacy — no pattern data for wiretap claims. Rough EV model (wide — class size is the big unknown, not a prediction): $35M–$185M Small, heterogeneous comparable set; no Ford-specific wiretap precedent; class size and per-member figures are rough proxies from unrelated tech settlements. · grounded in 9 rulings, 10 settlements, 4 verdicts | Filing | Privacy & Wiretap | M.D. La. | 2026-10-02 | $59.50M–$725M comparable settlements |