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$7M Cobb County Verdict: Jury Awards Damages for Yamaha Golf Cart Crash

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L-R: Frank Bayuk, Bradley Pratt and Christopher ‘Christy’ Lambden of Bayuk Pratt, and Bethany Schneider of Schneider Injury Law. (Courtesy photos)

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“Our engineering experts proved with computer modeling and dynamic testing that Yamaha’s stock cart loses control and rolls over every time when hard braking is used on a downhill slope,” said plaintiff counsel Frank Bayuk of Bayuk Pratt.

February 23, 2024 at 11:22 AM

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Cedra Mayfield

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What You Need to Know

  • Cobb County State Court jury returns $7 million product liability verdict after child injured in rollover golf cart accident.
  • Jurors apportioned majority fault to Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corp. of America for defective ‘rear-only braking design,’ but also ascribed liability to plaintiff’s father.
  • Litigators with Bayuk Pratt and Schneider Injury Law collaborated to create prevailing plaintiff team.
  • Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial lawyers led defense team that included lawyers from at least eight additional firms.

A Cobb County State Court jury has awarded $7 million in damages to the mother of a girl injured in a golf cart rollover within a Marietta neighborhood in 2018.

Plaintiff counsel with Bayuk Pratt and Schneider Injury Law credit the seven-figure outcome to their ability to convince jurors that the child’s injuries resulted from the ”defective and unreasonably dangerous” design of the flagship Yamaha G29 Drive golf cart’s braking system.

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