Defense Lawyers in Defective Bicycle Case Give Bicycle to Jury to Show How Safe it is - and It’s Defective!
Wal-Mart has been sued for selling defective bicycles. The alleged defect is that the quick-release lever breaks off, causing the front wheel to fall off while the bike is being ridden, and the claim is that the defect has lead to the injury of 9 children who bought the bicycles from Wal-Mart. According to reports, defense lawyers invited the jurors to closely examine a new bicycle and its quick-release lever as evidence of the products safety and robustness. Not long after, the forewoman “explained to a Marin County judge how a quick-release lever on a bicycle had broken off in the jury room.”
Oops.
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One Response to “Defense Lawyers in Defective Bicycle Case Give Bicycle to Jury to Show How Safe it is - and It’s Defective!”
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February 9th, 2006 at 7:27 pm
Too bad none of Mr. Sam’s family put one of their kids on it first to test the “safety” before wasting everyone’s time, money and effort. I’m sure the court system has better things to do, although it must have caused a nice laugh and a moron comments in the jury room.