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Posted by: Darrell Castle
November 16, 2009
Topic: Personal Injury
The Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper reported in a local news story of Saturday, November 14, 2009 that a Memphis jury returned a $6.5 million judgment Friday against Ford Motor Company and on behalf of a boy who was critically injured in a 2002 two car crash that also killed three men including his father and grandfather. The trial lasted six weeks and the jury found Ford liable for 15% of the total verdict of $43.8 million. The six year old victim was using a seatbelt deemed to be defective and not suitable for a child.
The car in which the child was riding was hit head on by a drunk driver who was also killed in the accident. The lawyer who represented the injured boy said that if the case survives appeal his client will be taken care of. This case is an example of good lawyering and tireless effort on behalf of one's client, a little boy left paralyzed for life. Where would he be without the skill and hard work of this trial lawyer? Who does his family see for his lifetime care if not for the trial lawyers?
This is also a case of looking outside the obvious for a solution to a client's injury. The judgment against Ford is essentially a defective design issue in which the seatbelts in the Ford cars of that year would not fit a child 4 to 8 years old. People who are catastrophically injured or their survivors if they are killed should consider the crashworthiness issues of the cars or trucks in which they were riding. Sometimes the crashworthiness of the vehicle is an answer even when there is no obvious cause of the accident or even when it appears the injured party is at fault. Should you have a case that might possibly have a crashworthiness issue consider calling The Law Offices of Darrell L. Castle and Associates for a free appointment with an experienced attorney.
