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Defense Verdict in Philadelphia State Court Bicycle Handlebar Product Liability Jury Trial

Jim Ughetta and Scott Toomey achieved a defense verdict in a Philadelphia state court product liability trial involving a carbon composite bicycle handlebar designed by our client. Plaintiff claimed at trial that when he was competing in a bicycle race, his carbon composite handlebar failed, causing him to fall to the ground. As a result of the accident, plaintiff sustained a comminuted clavicle fracture with open reduction surgery and internal fixation, scapula fractures, seven broken ribs, a closed head injury, and disfigurement. The jury found no defect in the handlebar. The case was tried in June of 2010.