Transportation,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 19, 2018
Jury orders Suzuki to pay $8 million in brake failure case
Suzuki Motors of America was ordered by an Orange County jury to pay $6 million in punitive damages and $2 million in compensatory damages to a motorcyclist injured in a collision after his front brakes failed.
SANTA ANA -- Suzuki Motors of America was ordered by an Orange County jury to pay $6 million in punitive damages and $2 million in compensatory damages to a motorcyclist injured in a collision after his front brakes failed.
Thomas Soulliere's attorney, T. Gabe Houston of Houston Law of California, contends a design and manufacturing defect within the front brake master cylinder assembly of the motorcycle was the cause of the collis...
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