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Representative Verdicts

In 1991, Tom Herren and Chuck Adams obtained the first $1 million products liability jury verdict in Fayette Circuit Court history. Since then, clients of Herren & Adams have received jury verdicts in excess of $2 million and $6 million in two automotive products liability cases. Tom Herren obtained a verdict in excess of $2 million in an alcohol liability case against a liquor store which sold beer and rum to minor boys, who after consuming alcohol, drove a vehicle into Tom's clients, killing a father and severely brain injuring a four-year-old boy. Both Tom and Chuck have obtained jury verdicts for punitive damages in insurance bad faith cases which were affirmed on appeal. In the fall of 2001, their client received a $1.7 million verdict - the largest verdict at that time in a LASIK surgery malpractice case, according to Lawyers Weekly.

Ex-Loading Dock Worker Receives $1 Million Judgment for Hand Injury
Liquor Store Held Responsible in Crash
Jury Awards $1.7 Million in Eye-Surgery Malpractice Case
Jury Awards $20 Million Verdict Against Ford Motor Company
Honda Ordered to Pay $2.56 Million Verdict

Ex-Loading Dock Worker Receives $1 Million Judgment for Hand Injury

A jury yesterday awarded more than $1 million to a Lexington man whose hand was crushed in a conveyor belt while he was working at the Herald-Leader.

The jury determined that the manufacturer of the conveyor belt, IDAB Inc., was responsible.

Chuck Adams and Thomas Herren said that the conveyor belt should have had a guard that would have prevented DeRossette's hand from being caught.

The Fayette Circuit Court jury awarded $600,000 for past and future physical, mental and emotional suffering and $450,000 for his impairment to earn money.

Herren said there was testimony that IDAB had knowledge of at least two other similar injuries on its conveyor belt at another newspaper within one year before DeRossette's injury.

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Liquor Store Held Responsible in Crash

Owners of a now-closed Lexington liquor store where a clerk sold beer and rum to a Scott County teenager are partly to blame for a fatal traffic accident caused by another teenager who "had become" intoxicated on the liquor.

A Scott Circuit Court jury on Monday found the owners of the liquor store 30 percent liable for injuries to a young boy who was severely injured in the crash Nov. 16, 1984.

On the third day of trial, the jury awarded Chad $6,489,500. The jury, however, apportioned 70 percent of the fault to Neal, the teenager driving the car. It apportioned 30 percent of the fault to the partnership doing business as Newtown Spirits Shoppe. The 30 percent amounts to $1,946,850.

Lexington attorney Tom Herren represented the Wattses.

Herren thought the jury's verdict bore a message.

"This is an indication of the importance that our communities and society put on the responsible sale, distribution and use of alcohol."

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Jury Awards $1.7 Million in Eye-Surgery Malpractice Case

Tonya Oliver has been unable to see anything but a blur out of her left eye for the past three years - ever since she had four LASIK operations within one year.

Oliver's attorney, Thomas Herren, agreed.

"It was very much a case where Abell made a horrific mistake … and went back and tried to fix it within a week," Herren said.

To view the Lawyers Weekly LASIK surgery article click here.

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Jury Awards $20 Million Verdict Against Ford Motor Company

A Georgetown, Kentucky jury held that Ford Motor Company should pay in excess of $20 million for two deaths, the loss of an arm to another and lesser injuries to a fourth occupant of a Ford E-350 15-passenger van. The jury found that the van was defective and unreasonably dangerous due to its high propensity to roll over in common avoidance maneuvers.

Chuck Adams of Herren & Adams represented the parents and estate of a 16-year-old killed in a rollover accident just north of Lexington, Kentucky. Chuck Adams' clients received in excess of $6.75 million.

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Honda Ordered to Pay $2.56 Million Verdict

After two appeals, the Sixth Circuit (federal) Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ordered American Honda Motor Company to pay over $2.56 million as a result of brain and orthopedic injuries sustained by a 9-year-old boy on a Honda 50 motor scooter. Honda sold the tiny motorcycle with a recommendation in the owner's manual and in Honda sales literature that the cycle was safe for users age 7 and above.

The case was originally thrown out by the federal trial court in Lexington, Kentucky. On the first appeal, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that the case go to trial. At trial, the plaintiff offered uncontradicted evidence that children 7 to 10 years of age lacked the cognitive skill and developmental judgment to operate a motorized machine that travels in excess of 35 mph.

Following the multi-million dollar jury verdict, Honda appealed again and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the verdict must stand. The plaintiff was represented by Chuck Adams of Herren & Adams.

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Looking for a car accident lawyer, Kentucky car accident attorney, contact Herren & Adams. Their attorneys have over 60 combined years of trial experience and several $million plus verdicts and/or settlements.

If you were injured by a drunk driver, perhaps a drunk that had been over-served at a restaurant or bar, let Herren & Adams investigate the alcohol liability of that server. Kentucky law prohibits a seller of alcoholic beverages from serving a person that it knows or should have known was intoxicated. We can also answer your questions regarding Kentucky dram shop law, Kentucky lasik malpractice, and Kentucky insurability of punitive damages. Contact us today to discuss Kentucky punitive damages or to speak to a Kentucky eye laser surgery malpractice attorney or a car accident lawyer.

 

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