Tractor Wrecks Pull Largest Claims $$

NU Online News Service, Jan. 16, 2:46 p.m. EST? Juries awarded more money to people hurt by tractor malfunctions or farm equipment breakdowns than persons with asbestos illness claims, according to a report issued yesterday.[@@]

The findings, by Jury Verdict Research of Horsham, Pa., were for the average over a ten-year period, which compared farm injury product liability claims against the ill effects of working with asbestos-related products.

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