Verdict in excess of $1 million

A 10-year-old girl from Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, suffered serious facial fractures and injury to her eye as a result of being struck in the head by a hose that had come loose from a fire truck speeding through her neighborhood. The hose came loose from a compartment, which did not have a net or door to hold it in place. We filed a defective product claim against the fire truck company on the ground that they had not properly designed the hose compartment. A jury rendered a verdict in excess of $1 million for this child.