Products Liability

The Bennett Law Firm has handled product liability cases in Texas and numerous other states. Since the early 1990s, the Firm has developed a special expertise in handling ATV recreational vehicle cases. Clients have been severely injured and killed when parts failed on these vehicles or due to their inherent instability. Many attorneys have hired the Bennett Law Firm to assist them in the development of their ATV cases. The material on ATVs at the web site provides additional information.

Recent Activities

Bennett Settles ATV Case with Honda and Yamaha, but Steps-up Pressure on ATV Industry to Make Safer ATVs 

Bob Bennett negotiates $3.2 Million settlement with Yamaha for Kentucky youth, Jacob Rohrer, who was paralyzed from the waist down as a result of a defective steering shaft on a Yamaha four-wheeler.

Quick overview of the defective ATV: Rohrer v. Yamaha (PDF 770kb)

Obviously, Yamaha wanted to exclude evidence of other similar incidents. The following presentation was taken from a hearing on the admissibility of other similar incidents. We won!

Hearing on OSI admissibility Rohrer v. Yamaha (PDF2,807kb)

Bob Bennett negotiates largest pre-trial settlement of an ATV case with Kawasaki for New Mexico youth, Jeffrey Black, who suffered head injuries on defective 3-wheel ATV

Plaintiffs' attorneys Robert S. "Bob" Bennett of Houston and Robert C. Hilliard of Corpus Christi won a $ 30 million verdict Feb 28 in Brownsville against Honda Motor, Texas Lawyer