WOMAN WINS $8.5 MILLION IN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE ROLLOVER ACCIDENT CASE—CALL BAY AREA ATTORNEYS NOW (Part 2 of 2)
Product liability cases address problems that consumers face with the products that they buy. The product can be food, furniture and vehicles. These lawsuits are implemented to protect the consumer in case the product that they buy poses great unexpected dangers. Product liability lawsuits include defective products, and products that are inherently dangerous. These lawsuits do not include the improper use of these products. For example, crayons are meant to be drawn with and not eaten—if your child eats crayons and suffers medical problems as a result, then it will likely be attributed to the lack of supervision and not to the manufacture or design of the crayon.
A woman, Latoya Duckett, in Alabama won an $8.5 million lawsuit on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 for injuries that she suffered in a rollover accident. The lawsuit was filed against the Ford Motor Company in 2005 over an accident involving a Mercury Mountaineer; Duckett claimed that the vehicle was unstable and rolled over too easily. There were two fatalities and two injuries in the car accident. Duckett had to have her right leg amputated below the knee and has lost the use of her left arm. According to court testimony, another car had drifted to the SUV’s lane, and when the SUV went to the left lane to avoid the vehicle, it flipped and rolled over four and a half times.
The $8.5 million damage amount was entirely for compensatory damages and not for punitive damages. This means that the money is used to reimburse Duckett for the wages that she lost, or to pay for medical bills and not for issues like pain and suffering. If you or someone you know has been injured in an accident, call Greenberg & Rudman LLP now. Don’t be fooled by other firms who sign up your case but are not prepared to fight for you and take your case to trial. Give us a call now at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free and confidential consultation with one of our knowledgeable attorneys. Please go to www.alawpro.com to read about our $150 million in verdicts and settlements that we have obtained for our clients.
Want to learn more about rollover accidents? Go to Part 1: THOUSANDS OF ROLLOVER ACCIDENTS HAPPEN EVERY YEAR—CALL SAN MATEO PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS NOW FOR FREE CONSULT (Part 1 of 2)
