European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 columns the stars and stripes saturday june 14. 198g James Kilpatrick proposals of Reform damage suit claims make sense president Reagan recently Zirli ruled whal he termed absurdly Large jury i Ord in personal and product Lia Bili in cases by Way or Manile he tiled an to i who suffered a hear attack when he tried to Start Hii Lawn Mower ind another award in a in in who Suci i he Telephone com Pany because he was blinding in n pm inc Booth when hit by a ear driven by a Drunken Driver the president s examples were Illus in live. But hey Molly Illust Ralpd the difficulty in making Heads or tails out of the crisis in liability insurance. Tic Hwn Mower Case was a 1977 Case in Pennsylvania share v. Scars. The Plair lift pulled the starter card of a Sears Lawn Mower 15 limes. The thing would t Start. He suffered a massive heart attack. A jury found the product defective the Cord was in tact excessively hard in pull and the Mower would t Start because of a defective valve that did not meet the manufacturer s own specifications the jury awarded is 75 million 10 the plaintiff a 32-year-old doctor will his whole career imperilled. Scars waived an apr Cal and settled out of court far some thing less. The prom intent s facts were still More Askew in the Case of Fth Telephone Booth. This was a 1974 Case in California. Big acc v. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph co. The plaintiff found himself trapped in a phone Booth about 15 feel from a major thoroughfare lie saw the Drunken Driver bearing Down on him but the Booth s door was jammed and he could not escape. The Case never went to trial at All. In los Angeles county Superior court the Tele phone company won a summary judgment. Bigbee appealed. The California supreme court held that because of the jammed door the use should be heard by a jury. Nine years after the Accident the mutter was sen Ltd out of court fur an undisclosed sure to break Down Over Hii Salt 11 decision. Reagan has handed the democrats an Niue when they really needed one cd pail Wal sri group
