New Ford F-350 Super Duty Lawsuit Filed After Owner’s Death

The Ford F-350 Super Duty is at the center of a recent lawsuit centered around a fatal crash that occurred in early March 2025. The newly filed litigation alleges that the heavy duty pickup experienced a defect that resulted in the death of the vehicle’s owner.

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on June 12^th, 2025 on behalf of Jamie Horn, the surviving widow of Steven Horn. Steven Horn was killed in a crash while traveling from Pueblo, Colorado to Seminole, Oklahoma on March 4^th, 2025.

Horn, who was driving a 2012 Ford F-350 Super Duty hauling a trailer at the time of the accident, allegedly slowed down when a gust of wind upset the pickup and trailer. The wind allegedly pushed the Super Duty over and caused it to roll several times. During the rollover, the pickup’s roof collapsed on the driver’s side, killing Steven Horn.

Steven Horn’s wife and daughter, who were passengers in the pickup at the time of the crash, were able to exit the wrecked vehicle under their own power. The lawsuit states that this is evidence that vehicle occupants can survive rollovers when the roof does not collapse in on them.

According to the lawsuit, the roofs of Ford Super Duty pickups are not properly designed and tend to buckle in the event of a rollover. The lawsuit also alleges that the automaker was aware of the fault, which is present in 1999 through 2016 model year pickups, but elected not to warn consumers. Additionally, the lawsuit indicates that Ford has not taken action to warn the public about the risk of roofs collapsing in certain Super Duty models.

Ford was ordered to pay $1.7 billion in punitive damages back in 2022 over the allegation that the roofs present on 1999 through 2016 Ford Super Duty aren’t strong enough to hold up in rollovers. More recently, a jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a different case, ordering Ford to pay $2.5 billion to the family, but that decision was vacated. FoMoCo recently attempted to have another lawsuit dismissed.