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Product liability / malfunctioning power saw causes severe burns


 

Demand
$1 million (as to all Defendants)

Offer
$250,000

Result
Non-suit for our client - $175,000 verdict for Plaintiff as to other Defendants

Venue
Allegheny County

Judge
James

Attorney
Paul J. Walsh III

Tried
March 1996
 



The Plaintiff sued numerous Defendants for injuries sustained on a construction job. He was using a power saw to cut through an underground pipe. It caught on fire and the Plaintiff sustained severe burns.