Dewar v. Chrysler Corporation
Jan 01, 1993OUTCOME: $5.1 million settlelemt
7-year-old plaintiff was rendered quadriplegic when she skimmed top of her head on back of driver's seat because she jack-knifed around her rear-seat lap-belt-only seatbelt system. An important exhibi ... t was one of pres. Nixon's Watergate tapes which caught Chrysler's Lee Iacocca convincing Nixon that rear-seat shoulder harnesses (which would have prevented plaintiff's accident) were "completely unnecessary."
