Morris and his partner Pam bought a trike motorcycle from Harley-Davidson.
“With the two of us getting older we thought it would be safer, instead of sitting on two wheels, there’s three,” Morris said.
The crash that followed injured Pam’s hand and ankle, but Morris walked away relatively unscathed.
The trike was a mess.
Morris got the bike fixed by at a local Harley-Davidson dealership and asked the company to pay their medical bills.
They refused.
Around this time, Harley-Davidson authorized a recall of certain trikes for a traction control issue.
Then, on June 6, 2020, Morris and Pam were on the trike when, “again suddenly, inexplicably, unexpectedly and without warning malfunctioned and failed causing the vehicle to swerve into the opposite lane of travel and off the roadway where it struck an embankment and overturned.”
“(People who saw it said the trike) flipped, rolled several times, threw us off. (Pam) was killed at that point."
The trike was a mess.
Morris got the bike fixed by at a local Harley-Davidson dealership and asked the company to pay their medical bills.
They refused.
Around this time, Harley-Davidson authorized a recall of certain trikes for a traction control issue.
Then, on June 6, 2020, Morris and Pam were on the trike when, “again suddenly, inexplicably, unexpectedly and without warning malfunctioned and failed causing the vehicle to swerve into the opposite lane of travel and off the roadway where it struck an embankment and overturned.”
“(People who saw it said the trike) flipped, rolled several times, threw us off. (Pam) was killed at that point."
“I did not sue them for money,” he said. “I sued them to be held accountable and do what was right for the people who buy and use their equipment.”
Jurors agreed with that claim and awarded Morris and Pam’s family $287 million
When asked why he didn’t settle, Morris said, “They were so arrogant about doing anything and blaming it all on me, they went to the point to sue me claiming I have a death wish and wanted to kill us.”
Jurors agreed with that claim and awarded Morris and Pam’s family $287 million
When asked why he didn’t settle, Morris said, “They were so arrogant about doing anything and blaming it all on me, they went to the point to sue me claiming I have a death wish and wanted to kill us.”
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