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Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Callan Campbell

Callan Campbell, a recent high-school graduate, was a week away from starting classes at a local community college in August 2004 when the 1996 GMC Jimmy sport-utility vehicle she was riding in flipped over and rolled several times.

Today, she is a quadriplegic, confined to a wheel chair and suffering regular back spasms. Ms. Campbell, now 23 years old, sued GM in a Pennsylvania court, alleging that faulty manufacturing caused the SUV's roof to crush in and paralyze her.

Published in Product Liability
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Kisaan Howard

 

Kisaan Howard (age 15)Renee Howard (Mother)Wildwood, NJAs a 2-year-old, Kisaan Howard's neck was broken during an accident when sheslipped out of her seatbelt; she needs round the clock care.In 1996, Renee, her husband and then two year-old Kisaan, riding in their Jeep Grand Cherokee, were hit head on.

Published in Product Liability
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Shaun Doss

 

 

Shaun Nicolas Doss (age 8) Robert Doss (father) Gilbert, AZ As a 6-year-old, Shaun Nicolas Doss became severely injured and is now paraplegicwhen his seatbelt failed during an accident.On May 15, 2007, 6-year-old Shaun Doss was riding in the third-row passenger seat of his family's Dodge Durango, along with his father Robert and three siblings, when another vehicle ran a red light, T-boning the Doss's Durango at the driver's side rearwheel. Because the seat belts in the Doss's Durango had not been properly affixed to the vehicle's frame, they did not function properly upon impact.

 

Published in Product Liability
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Kimberly Young

 

Kimberly Young Dionne Sales (niece and attorney)Rose Young (mother and caretaker)Oakland, CA Kimberly Young's neck was broken, rendering her quadriplegic, when the roof ofher Jeep Grand Cherokee caved in during an accident.On August 29, 2008, 44-year-old Kimberly Young was driving her mother's 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee with her daughter, Keyona Chester, when the vehicle was involved in an accident and rolled over.

Published in Product Liability
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Terry Cole

 

Terry Cole Sikeston, MO Terry Cole, who had lived successfully for 35 years in a wheelchair, was severely burned by a defective seat heater because he does not have normal sensation in the lower half of his body.

Published in Product Liability
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Ralph Binder

 

Ralph Binder (deceased)Joy Wolf (former wife) and two sonsLos Angeles, CARalph Binder, Emmy-winning ABC News cameraman, was killed when the roof of his GM Suburban caved in during an accident.Ralph Binder, a loving father to two young boys, was a news cameraman who worked almost exclusively for ABC News.

Published in Product Liability
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Marie Wilkinson

Marie P. Wilkinson, Warren, OH

On March 23, 2006, after spending the day, as she often did, with her daughter and grandchild looking at prospective pre-schools, beloved grandmother, mother, and friend, 64 year old Marie P. Wilkinson drove a Chrysler-manufactured 1995 Plymouth Neon back to her home. Upon nearing her home, she drove slowly onto its flat entrance and stopped to get her mail. She then placed the vehicle into what she reasonably believed was to be in park and likely believing that the vehicle was in park, exited the vehicle with the engine running to retrieve her mail. After a brief delay, the vehicle suddenly self-shifted into powered reverse, knocking Ms. Wilkinson to the ground. The vehicle then ran over her head, inflicting fatal head and neck injuries.

Published in Product Liability
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Farbod Nourian

In the fall of 2007, Farbod Nourian was in his senior year at UCLA, studying history, and planning to apply to law school. But that November he was seriously injured, when the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee he had just exited slipped, without warning from park to reverse. Nourian was walking behind the vehicle to get into the passenger's seat, when he noticed the Jeep start to move backwards, he turned and was caught by the door. He grabbed onto the door, but when the vehicle hit a wall, it knocked him to the concrete, rupturing three disks and crushing his vertebrae. He now suffers from chronic pain and gastrointestinal distress. According to his doctors, he faces a lifetime of pain that will only get worse as he ages.

Published in Product Liability
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Dzemila Heco

On August 4, 2007, Dzemila Heco was stopped at a light on Center road in Essex, Vermont when she was rear-ended. Although Heco was wearing her seat belt, the 2000 Dodge Neon's restraint system failed. The force of the crash threw Heco into the rear seat and broke her spine, leaving her a quadriplegic. Before the crash, Heco had just completed her training as a dental assistant, and was ready to embark on a new career. Today, the 46-year-old woman is totally dependent on Medicaid and her younger son, who serves as her primary caretaker.

Published in Product Liability
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Joseph Garrett

On the afternoon of August 9, 2007, Joseph Anthony Garrett, 20, was driving on Old Beulah Road in Douglas County, Georgia, when Garrett lost control of his 2006 Chevrolet Colorado pick-up truck.

Published in Product Liability
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Facts

CHRYSLER AND GM BANKRUPTCIES: WIPING OUT THE

RIGHTS OF CATASTROPHICALLY-INJURED VICTIMS

WHAT IT MEANS FOR CONSUMERS

According to the Chrysler bankruptcy plan, families driving any Chrysler now on the road (more than 10 million vehicles), whose occupants are severely injured in a collision or otherwise because the car was not made safely, will have no recourse against the company. The GM bankruptcy proposes the same thing (more than 30 million vehicles).

Published in Facts
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

Chrysler Liability Rally

MEDIA ADVISORY

CHRYSLER VICTIMS APPEAL TO NEW CHRYSLER CEO, SEEK MEETING

--Victims from 3 States Schedule News Conference Monday at Chrysler's Headquarters Prior to Board of Directors Meeting; Victims Will Attempt to Hand-Deliver a Letter to Chrysler/Fiat CEO  Board of Director, Sergio Marchionne and newly formed Board of Directors, seeking a meeting--

WHO:Christina and Brian Catalano of St. Clair Shores, MI, whose mother was killed by a runaway Chrysler minivan; Jeremy Warriner of  Indianapolis, IN, whose legs were so badly burned by a fire in a Chrysler vehicle that they had to be amputated; and Patrick James of Knoxville, TN, whose daughter was killed in a Chrysler van that flipped over. A representative from the Center for Justice and Democracy. More family members, friends and supporters.


Published in Product Liability
Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00

My Mom

On the evening of August 3, 2008 at the intersection of Cedar Street near 6th Street in Forestville, Michigan, then fifty-five year old mother and grandmother, My mom Linda Catalano had just completed a garage sale and had left her home located at 5510 Cass River Road, Minden City to pick up some garage sale signs remaining along the road. She was driving east on Cedar Street in Forestville in a 1997 Chrysler Town & Country Mini-Van when she stopped the vehicle along the roadway to pick up some of her signs.
Published in Blog
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