› $150,000,000 verdict in personal injury case
In December we reported how one Mississippi coroner became an advocate of stricter laws governing the use of all-terrain vehicles in her state after witnessing the injury and death the vehicles can cause. Now, other people in that state are echoing the call for more ATV legislation, including the Sheriff of Warren County, Mississippi and two state lawmakers.
All of the lawsuits involving the Yamaha Rhino that were filed in federal court have been brought together for pretrial litigation under U.S. District Judge Jennifer B. Coffman in the Western District of Kentucky. Judge Coffman will preside over five trials scheduled to open between October 2010 and January 2011.
The CBS report on the dubious history and safety record of the Yamaha Rhino that aired in August has prompted the husband of a Rhino rollover victim to tell his story to Phoenix, Arizona’s KPHO, A CBS affiliate.
