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.”
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2 Responses 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.
March 6th, 2006 at 5:03 am
Hey, couldbegold — what a horrible thing to say. (Too bad none of Mr. Sam’s family
put one of their kids on it first to test the “safety�).
Companies like WalMart don’t exist, or grow to be such MONSTER-corporations, due to the
greed and selfishness of their founders or current operators. They get that way because
of OUR greed. The lawywers bringing suit in this case have made the claim that WalMart
is INTENTIONALLY selling faulty and potentially harmful and life threatening merchandise.
WalMart didn’t grow to be what they are by doing THAT, either.
You were right-on-the-money with your second comment, though.
The system could certainly do without MALICIOUS, SPITEFUL, and GREEDY lawsuits - such
as this - clogging up the courts. I mean, think about it…
Should every corporation have to pay out over a million dollars for EVERY instance of
injury resulting from a defect, or malfunction of a product that they manufactured or
sold…??? How much do you think goods and services would cost us if THAT happened…???
As far as THIS particular story goes, I must admit — I couldn’t help but laugh as I
tried to visualize the defense attorney’s reaction to the foreperson’s revelation.