With two teams of lawyers battling each other with so many motions and objections that even Gwinnett County State Court Judge Shawn Bratton said he could not keep up, a South Georgia farmer offered a simple solution to end a complicated product liability trial against Ford now in its third week.

Kim Hill, 58, is the eldest son of Melvin and Voncile Hill. His younger brother, Adam Hill, is 47. They are suing Ford alleging that the crushed roof on their parents’ F250 pickup truck is to blame for their deaths after a tire blew out and caused them to roll off the road.

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