Date: 08-30-2006

Case Style: Claire Brown v. Crown Equipment Corp.

Case Number: 2:05-cv-00158-DMC

Judge: David M. Cohen

Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine, Cumberland County

Plaintiff's Attorney:

Terry Garmey and Nicole Lorenzatti of Smith, Elliott, Smith & Garmey, P.A., Portland, Maine

Defendant's Attorney:

Kiley Belliveau, David Rogers and James Campbell of Campbell, Campbell, Edwards & Conroy, Boston, Massachusetts

Description:

Claire Brown sued Crown Equipment Corporation for the wrongful death of her 48-year-old husband on a products liability theory. Her 48-year-old husband was killed in a workplace accident when the forklift truck that he was operating turned over. She claimed that Defendant failed to warn he that forklift contained a design defect that made it unreasonably danagerous to operate.

Crown denied that the truck's design was to blame for the 2003 accident in which Thomas Brown suffocated after being pinned between a horizontal shelf and the truck's console.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $4.2 million.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: None