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Products Liability
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| Case name and location |
Type of case and injuries involved |
Verdict or settlement |
| Halcome v. Publix Marketing, Inc. et al (Superior Court of Paulding County)
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PRODUCT LIABILITY:
Burn Accident Wrongful Death
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$720,000.00
(Settlement)
3/11/89
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Williams v. Exxon
(U.S. District Court)
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PRODUCT LIABILITY:
Closed Head Injury
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$500,000.00
(Settlement)
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| Baker v. Firestone, et al. (Ohio Northern District Court) |
PRODUCT LIABILITY:
Head injury; neurological problems associated with bladder; tracheostomy; feeding problems; gastrostomy; left zygomatic fracture; mandible fracture; permanent brain damage
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$5,250,000.00
(Settlement)
07/96
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Houghtaling v. Bridgestone/Firestone, et al.
(Arkansas Eastern District Court) |
PRODUCT LIABILITY:
Both feet nearly severed, surgery performed with rodding, both legs; permanent nerve damage, elevated pain; multiple surgical procedures; fracture right arm with surgery, permanent weakness; post-traumatic psychological disorders
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$425,000.00
(Settlement)
07/96
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| Bryan v. Amada, et al. (Georgia Northern District Court)
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PRODUCT LIABILITY:
Severed 8 fingers, reattached, non-viable right index finger amputated & replaced with prosthesis, psychiatric problems
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$400,000.00
(Settlement)
12/29/98
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The case of Webb v. Firestone, Kelsey-Hayes, and General Motors , which went to verdict in March of 1991, was the largest verdict ever awarded against these defendants for a defective multi-piece wheel assembly. Click here to read more.
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