Personal Injury & Torts
Dec. 12, 2000
Road Kill
Remember the Ford Pinto, the egg-shaped economy ride that sometimes exploded when struck from behind? Mark Robinson does. He also remembers the look on the faces of the jurors who awarded $127 million to his client, 13-year-old burn victim Richard Grimshaw, in 1978, based on a design flaw that led to the death of 27 people from fuel-tank fires in Pintos.
Remember the Ford Pinto, the egg-shaped economy ride that sometimes exploded when struck from behind? Mark Robinson does.
He also remembers the look on the faces of the jurors who awarded $127 million to his client, 13-year-old burn victim Richard Grimshaw, in 1978, based on a design flaw tha...
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