against the manufacturer ) .

Aproximately two months before the McKinley trial began , we

were contacted by the Consumer Products Safety Commission . By that time , the Commission had apparently been receiving complaints of numerous accidents occurring with these vehicles ,

and it apparently had decided to begin

the investigation and

hearings with which you are certainly familiar .

John McKinley ' s case went to trial in Akron , Ohio ,

in May

1984 . At that trial we utilized the expert testimony of Bradford

Menkes , Professor and Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The City College of New York , in New York City , and of Dr . Jeffrey Huston , Professor of Engineering with a background in vehicle dynamics on the faculty of the College of Engineering of Iowa State University in Ames , Iowa . This

testimony was used to explain the engineering dynamics that are

involved

in

the movement and operation of these 3 - wheeled

vehicles .

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At the conclusion of a three week trial , the jury found in favor of John and Terri McKinley . The jury agreed that this product , as designed , was inherently dangerous . That jury rendered a verdict in favor of the McKinleys for 2 . 6 Million Dollars . The case was settled after Honda ' s Motion for New Trial was Overruled and while its Appeal was pending .

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case was

Since the McKinley trial , I have been contacted by many lawyers in many states representing injured victims , and by several parents of injured children . Since the McKinley trial ,

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and maybe in some small way because of it , the media has become

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