An automobile mechanic who was set on fire when a gasoline tank exploded at his work site accepted $4.7 million on May 24 to settle his federal court product-liability suit, Mechin v. Carquest Corp.
On July 3, 2007, Jean Michel Mechin, then 19, was working in a maintenance bay at the Firestone Auto Care Center in Denville. A three-quarters-full gas tank from a Ford van that had been placed on a stand began to teeter. As Mechin ran to steady it, he was splashed with gasoline. The tank then fell on the floor, breaking an incandescent work light that caused the gas to ignite.
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