Vermont Quadriplegic Awarded $43.1M by Jury
Friday, July 5th, 2013 Liability LitigationA 51-year-old Essex Junction woman has won a $43.1 million jury verdict against the manufacturer of a car seat that allegedly collapsed on her during a 2007 car accident, rendering her a paraplegic. The amount awarded Dzemila A. Heco in her lawsuit against the car seat maker, Johnson Controls Inc. of Milwaukee is believed to be the biggest jury verdict in state court in Vermont history. “I’m quite sure it’s the largest,” said Jerome O’Neill, a veteran Burlington trial litigator and former assistant U.S. attorney for Vermont.
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http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130701/NEWS02/307010024/Jury-awards-43M-to-Essex-Vermont-woman-Dzemila-Heco-paralyzed-in-crash
