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Product Liability

Jul. 30, 2010

Jury Tosses Yamaha Case

Yamaha scored a big win in Orange County this week when the first of nearly 200 lawsuits filed alleging safety flaws in its Rhino off-road vehicle ended with a unanimous defense verdict.

By Amy Yarbrough

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Yamaha scored a big win in Orange County this week when the first of nearly 200 lawsuits filed alleging safety flaws in its Rhino off-road vehicle ended with a unanimous defense verdict.

In its verdict Monday, which followed a four-month trial, the jury rejected every claim made by Richard Holt, who had sued the company for $1 million in damages after his leg was badly broken in an Ap...

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