Product Liability Verdict Upheld
By Jaimee Wolbert
Published on August 15, 2005
The plaintiff, Rachel Warnke, was shaving her leg with the Schick Personal Touch razor when the plastic casing holding the blades broke, causing a deep cut that required 27 stitches.
Warnke was awarded $40,000 in damages in the lawsuit, which claimed defective design.
On appeal, the defendant, Warner-Lambert Co., claimed that there was not sufficient proof provided to support the verdict, and that the judge erred by allowing evidence of prior consumer complaints about the product.
The appellate court unanimously ruled in favor of upholding the original judgment.
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Rachel Warnke, 6 months ago