Chrysler Motors prevailed Friday in a Washington County, Arkansas, product liability lawsuit. Jurors heard from seven experts and found driver Linda Childers Knapp
liable for $342,000 in damages. She was talking on her cell phone while driving a 2004 Jeep Cherokee
when she caused the accident. Victims one-year-old Silas and 4-year-old Eve Adams suffered fractured skulls caused
by the skulls of their parents going backward and smashing into the
front of the children's heads. Knapp had tried to blame the injuries on faulty seat design of the Adam's 1994 Dodge Caravan during the
accident on Sept. 25, 2005. According to witnesses, the Adams
were all wearing seat belts.
