$1.6M
Key Details
Settlement Amount:
$1.6 Million
Location:
Ohio
Practice Area:
Product Liability / Car Accident
Preview:
A defective seatbelt design allowed a teenage girl to be ejected from the vehicle during a rollover, causing life-altering paralyzing injuries — and Lowe Trial Lawyers held the manufacturer responsible.
Content:
A teenage girl suffered paralyzing injuries as a direct result of a defective seatbelt design. The defect permitted her to be ejected from the vehicle when it rolled over, exposing her to catastrophic impact forces that her seatbelt was specifically designed to prevent.
Lowe Trial Lawyers investigated the seatbelt system and demonstrated that the manufacturer had placed a dangerously flawed product in the marketplace. The design failed to perform its fundamental safety function at the most critical moment — a rollover event — with devastating consequences for the young victim.
After presenting the evidence of the product defect and its causal link to the teenager's injuries, the jury returned a verdict of $1.6 million. This result provided the family with compensation for the young woman's extensive medical care, rehabilitation, and lifelong needs resulting from her paralysis.