USA: GENERAL MOTORS ORDERED TO PAY 4.9 BILLION US DOLLARS TO SIX PEOPLE BURNED WHEN THEIR VEHICLE EXPLODED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT

Record ID: 985629

  • Title: USA: GENERAL MOTORS ORDERED TO PAY 4.9 BILLION US DOLLARS TO SIX PEOPLE BURNED WHEN THEIR VEHICLE EXPLODED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT
  • Date: 9th July 1999
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA (JULY 9, 1999) (VNR) 1. WIDE OF PATRICIA ANDERSON,WITH HER DAUGHTER ALISHA PARKER, WHO WAS SEVERELY BURNED IN THE CRASH, STANDING BEFORE JOURNALISTS AFTER THE JURY REACHED ITS VERDICT 0.05 2. SV JOURNALISTS WATCHING 0.10 3. SV ALISHA PARKER SHOWING JOURNALISTS THE SEVERE HAND INJURY SHE SUFFERED IN THE CRASH 0.22 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (FILE) (NBC - NO ACCESS USA/CNN) 4. VARIOUS OF THE CAR PATRICIA ANDERSON DROVE THAT WAS HIT FROM THE REAR ON DECEMBER 24,1993 BY A DRUNK DRIVER. A FIRE ERUPTED IN THE FUEL TANK (5 SHOTS) 0.41 DETROIT,MICHIGAN(FILE) (VNR) 5. AERIAL EXTERIOR OF HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL MOTORS 1.00 6. SV FILE PICTURES OF CARS BEING ASSEMBLED AT A GENERAL MOTORS PLANT BY ROBOTS (2 SHOTS) 1.10 LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA ( JULY 9,1999) (VNR)) 7. SLV NEWS CONFERENCE WITH PATRICIA ANDERSON, HER DAUGHTER ALISHA PARKER AND THEIR LAWYER BRIAN PANISH AFTER JURY REACHED VERDICT 1.12 8. SV REPORTERS LISTENING 1.14 9. CLOSE-UP OF ANDERSON AND ALISHA, WITH ALISHA'S BURNS VISIBLE 1.19 10. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRIAN PANISH, LAWYER FOR PATRICIA ANDERSON AND HER FAMILY, SAYING," General Motors had had numerous failures from crash tests but chose to leave the design where it was, because a safer design that would have prevented this cost 8.59 u.s. dollars We showed the jury document after document, memo after memo." 1.40 11. CLOSE-UP OF ALISHA PARKER, SHOWING HER BURNS. 1.44 12. WIDE VIEW OF NEWS CONFERENCE, WITH REPORTES ASKING ALISHA HOW SHE HAS DEALT WITH ALL HER INJURIES AND MEDICAL TREATMENTS 1.47 13. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALISHA PARKER SAYING, " It's been tough ,and we're doing the best we can to deal with it." 1.57 DETROIT, MICHIGAN (FILE) (VNR) 14. AERIAL EXTERIOR OF GENERAL MOTORS 2.05 15. GENERAL MOTORS LOGO 2.09 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 9, 1999) (VNR) 16. WIDE VIEW OF NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER VERDICT WAS REACHED 2.13 17. SCU JUROR SHEILA NASH QUESTIONED BY REPORTERS AFTER VERDICT WAS REACHED, "We're telling them (GM) that when they're responsible , when they know that something is going to hurt people, that it's more important that they pay the money to fix that safety and make the car safe rather than coming to court and having to have trials all the time with all the people that they are injuring." 2.36 18. SV MEDIA ,PAN TO SCU JUROR KEN MICHAEL TALKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VERDICT WAS HANDED DOWN: " They're a corporation and they're in it to make money like everybody else, but I mean, when you start putting a value on life, of course, I mean, come on." 2.47 19. SCU ALISHA PARKER LISTENING TO NEWS CONFERENCE/ PAN SHOWING DAMAGED ARM (2 SHOTS) 3.06 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES/DETROIT,MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
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