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Litigation

Mar. 25, 2000

Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish

^^PRODUCT LIABILITY^^ The incident that led to the largest personal injury verdict in history, Anderson v. General Motors Corp ., BC116926 (Los Angeles Superior Court, July 9, 1999), took place in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve 1993 as 36-year-old Patricia Anderson drove home from church with her four children and a family friend.

        The incident that led to the largest personal injury verdict in history, Anderson v. General Motors Corp., BC116926 (Los Angeles Superior Court, July 9, 1999), took place in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve 1993 as 36-year-old Patricia Anderson drove home from church with her four children and a family friend.
        While slowing her car to stop for a red light, a vehicle rear-e...

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