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Litigation

Jan. 20, 2011

Lewis v. Yamaha Motor Corp. USA

Product Liability, San Bernardino County Superior Court, Victorville


At first glance, the facts looked bad for Yamaha. By trial's end, it was one of four consecutive trial victories for the automaker.


In 2007, two men got into a brand-new Yamaha Rhino 660 off-road vehicle, put on their seat belts and took off driving. Soon afterward, they suffered head and upper body injuries when their vehicle overturned in a crash and their seat and seat belts broke.


The injured plaintiffs, Jacob Daniel Lewis and his passenger, Pat...

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