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Civil Litigation

Aug. 3, 2022

Spontaneous combustion of 3-wheeled motorcycle brings suit

“The vehicle caught on fire while our clients were on the freeway down in San Diego,” said plaintiffs lawyer John P. Kristensen. “They’re on the freeway going normal like everybody and all of a sudden it caught on fire and severely burned my clients. This is a street legal bike. They’re built to drive on roads.”

Personal injury law firm Carpenter & Zuckerman filed a lawsuit seeking a trial against Polaris Industries Inc. after two clients were severely injured when their rented Slingshot — a three-wheeled motorcycle with car seats — spontaneously combusted on a freeway in San Diego.

“The vehicle caught on fire while our clients were on the freeway down in San Diego,” John P. Kristensen of Carpenter & Zuckerman in Beverly Hills said in an ...

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