L-R: Frank Bayuk, Bradley Pratt and Christopher 'Christy' Lambden of Bayuk Pratt, and Bethany Schneider of Schneider Injury Law. (Courtesy photos) $7M Cobb County Verdict: Jury Awards Damages for Yamaha Golf Cart Crash
"Our engineering experts proved with computer modeling and dynamic testing that Yamaha's stock cart loses control and rolls over every time when hard braking is used on a downhill slope," said plaintiff counsel Frank Bayuk of Bayuk Pratt.
February 23, 2024 at 11:22 AM
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What You Need to Know
- Cobb County State Court jury returns $7 million product liability verdict after child injured in rollover golf cart accident.
- Jurors apportioned majority fault to Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corp. of America for defective 'rear-only braking design,' but also ascribed liability to plaintiff's father.
- Litigators with Bayuk Pratt and Schneider Injury Law collaborated to create prevailing plaintiff team.
- Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial lawyers led defense team that included lawyers from at least eight additional firms.
A Cobb County State Court jury has awarded $7 million in damages to the mother of a girl injured in a golf cart rollover within a Marietta neighborhood in 2018.
Plaintiff counsel with Bayuk Pratt and Schneider Injury Law credit the seven-figure outcome to their ability to convince jurors that the child's injuries resulted from the "defective and unreasonably dangerous" design of the flagship Yamaha G29 Drive golf cart's braking system.
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