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LAWYER’S USA | June 10, 2002
An Alabama jury has awarded a $122 million dollar verdict to a boy who suffered permanent brain damage in a high-speed, head-on collision, when the passenger compartment of the Oldsmobile Delta 88.he was riding in collapsed on him.




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THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL | May 13, 2002
A claim that General Motors Corp., in a cost-cutting move, reduced the crashworthiness of the




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THE UNION SPRINGS | May 8, 2002
A Bullock County jury awarded a $122 million verdict to Wilbert Jernigan, Bullock County Circuit Clerk, who filed a lawsuit on behalf of his sone, Jeffrey Jernigan, against General Motors Corporation. On December 10, 1999, 12-year-old Jeffrey Jernigan was riding in the front seart of an Oldsmobile D…



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THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS | May 4, 2002
A $122 million verdict against General Motors for a collision that left a child with permanent brain damage will automatically be cit to $82 million under a state law limiting punitive damages, a GM spokesman said.




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DETROIT FREE PRESS | May 3, 2002
A jury returned a $122 million verdict against General Motors Corp. over a car wreck that left a child with severe brain injuries.




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FOX NEWS | May 3, 2002
A jury ordered General Motors to pay $122 million in a lawsuit alleging a defective door was to blame for the severe brain injuries suffered by a 12-year-old boy in a car wreck.




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MSNBC | May 3, 2002
A jury ordered General Motors to pay $122 million in a lawsuit alleging a defective door was to blame for the severe brain injuries suffered by a 12-year-old boy in a car wreck.




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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 3, 2002
A jury returned a $122 million verdict against General Motors Corp. over a car wreck that left a child with sever brain injuries.




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THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS | May 3, 2002
An Alabama jury awarded a $122 million verdict Thursday to a Bullock County man whose son suffered permanent brain damage following a car accident.




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STAR TELEGRAM | April 20, 2002
Families of all but one of the 23 Marines killed two years ago in crashes of the V-22 Osprey have reached out-of-court settlements with Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing Co.