Personal Injury & Torts
Mar. 23, 2017
Jury gives full defense verdict in seat belt case
A Japan-based seatbelt manufacturer secured a full defense verdict in San Bernardino County Superior Court after the jury found their product was not responsible for the plaintiff's injuries in an automobile accident, as she had claimed.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Ford Motor Company and a Japan-based seatbelt manufacturer secured a full defense verdict in San Bernardino County Superior Court against a plaintiff claiming that her seatbelt malfunctioned during a highway accident that left her paralyzed.
During the 10-week trial before Judge Donald L. Alvarez, plaintiff Terry Herbert claimed that she was wearing a defective seatbelt...
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