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A US jury has awarded $US150 million ($A197.99 million) to the
family of a four-year-old boy killed when a Jeep Grand Cherokee exploded
into flames after being rear-ended three years ago.
A US jury has awarded $US150m to the family of a child killed when a Jeep exploded into flames.
THE Georgia jury said Chrysler, the maker of Jeeps, must pay nearly the full amount.
Jurors in Decatur County on Thursday ruled that Chrysler acted with reckless disregard for human life
in selling the family of Remington "Remi" Walden a 1999 Jeep with a gas tank mounted behind the rear axle. Walden, of Bainbridge, Georgia, was killed when the Jeep driven by his aunt was hit from behind by a pickup truck in March 2012.
The fuel tank leaked, engulfing the Jeep in flames and killing the boy. The verdict comes nearly two years after Chrysler compromised with a federal safety agency and agreed to a scaled-down recall of some older-model Jeeps with the rear-mounted tanks.
The tanks have little structure to protect them if struck from behind, making them susceptible to punctures and fires. Federal documents show that at least 75 people have died in post-crash fires due to the rear-mounted fuel tanks.
A US jury has awarded $US150m to the family of a child killed when a Jeep exploded into flames.
THE Georgia jury said Chrysler, the maker of Jeeps, must pay nearly the full amount.
Jurors in Decatur County on Thursday ruled that Chrysler acted with reckless disregard for human life
in selling the family of Remington "Remi" Walden a 1999 Jeep with a gas tank mounted behind the rear axle. Walden, of Bainbridge, Georgia, was killed when the Jeep driven by his aunt was hit from behind by a pickup truck in March 2012.
The fuel tank leaked, engulfing the Jeep in flames and killing the boy. The verdict comes nearly two years after Chrysler compromised with a federal safety agency and agreed to a scaled-down recall of some older-model Jeeps with the rear-mounted tanks.
The tanks have little structure to protect them if struck from behind, making them susceptible to punctures and fires. Federal documents show that at least 75 people have died in post-crash fires due to the rear-mounted fuel tanks.
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