The Los Angeles Times on May 28 reports, “A Los Angeles judge blames the design of the Land Rover Discovery SUV in the 2003 accident.” of a California man. While T he judge agreed Jaguar Land Rover must “pay $21.1 million. According to “Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert H. O’Brien” there are “two key reasons for his decision: The vehicle’s high center of gravity made it susceptible to rolling over, and its roof collapsed too easily, causing Sukhsagar Pannu to suffer a debilitating spinal cord injury.”
Jury Must Find Substantial Factor When “An” Injury Is Undisputed In Auto Case
January 16, 2014
In Herbst v. Marshal, 4th Dept 2011 (CA 11-00326) the Fourth Department upheld the lower Court’s ruling to set aside a jury verdict in favor of the defendant as against the weight of the evidence based on the jury’s finding that the crash was not a substantial factor