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$16M upheld for reclining seat-back injury.

Daily Record (Baltimore, MD)

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Byline: Lawrence Hurley

Toyota Motor Corp. has failed to convince the Court of Special Appeals to overturn a $16 million judgment won by a Bowie man who lost both his legs in a car accident because his seatback was fully reclined.

In an unreported opinion, Judge James P. Salmon wrote that the evidence at the May 2000 trial was "crystal clear" as to the potential dangers of being in a fully reclined seat in the event of an accident.

Prashant Kumar was traveling as a passenger in a Toyota Tercel in June 1997 when it was hit head-on by a Cadillac Cimarron that had crossed the center line on a New Jersey highway.

The Toyota's driver escaped without serious injury,…

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