In the case of a 7-year-old whose foot was severed by a bus escalator in Pennsylvania, litigator Thomas R. Kline found a mountain of damaging accident investigation reports that helped him win a $51 million jury verdict. One document demonstrated that 2 1/2 years before the child's accident, the escalators in the entire bus system were described as being in deplorable condition and getting worse "at an ever-increasing rate."
January 18, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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Case: Hall v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Feb. Term 1997, No. 0732 (Ct. of Common Pleas, Philadelphia Co.). (A personal injury case involving a 7-year-old whose foot was severed by an escalator.)
Outcome: Jury verdict of $51 million, plus $1 million contempt fine. Settled for $7.4 million; the contempt fine was knocked down to $100,000.
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