Court tosses suit in rollover case that left driver a paraplegic

The federal appeals court in Atlanta has upheld a judge's ruling dismissing a suit filed by a woman who was thrown from a 1996 Ford Explorer during a 2006 accident on Holcomb Bridge Road in Gwinnett County.

Melanie Ivy, 24 at the time, abruptly turned left to avoid a collision with a truck that cut in front of her, causing the Explorer to roll over. Ivy, now a paraplegic, sued Ford Motor Co. in 2008, saying the company negligently designed the SUV. But the court noted the Explorer had passed safety tests conducted by reputable mainstream sources.