Jury Awards $150 Million for Jeep Fuel-Tank Fire Death
A jury in Georgia awarded $150 million to a family that sued Chrysler Group LLC for the 2012 death of their 4-year-old in a crash involving a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a rear fuel tank, reports Reuters.
The Decatur County jury found that Chrysler was liable for the death of Remington Walden. The company also failed to warn customers that the tank’s position could increase the risk of fire in a rear-end crash, jurors found.
Chrysler previously recalled 1.56 million Jeep SUVs with rear fuel tanks, although the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee in which Walden was riding was not among them, Reuters reports.