FORD v. POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. A106375.

43 Cal.Rptr.3d 215 (2006)

139 Cal.App.4th 755

Susan FORD et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

May 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bowman and Brooke, George W. Soule, Janice K. O'Grady, San Jose, Bingham McCutchen, David M. Heilbron, Robert A. Brundage, San Francisco, for Appellants.

Walkup, Melodia, Kelly, Wecht & Schoenberger, Paul V. Melodia, Michon Herrin, San Francisco, De Goff and Sherman, Victoria J. De Goff, Richard Sherman, San Francisco, for Respondents.


REARDON, J.

Susan Ford sustained severe orifice injuries after falling off the rear of a two-seater Polaris personal watercraft. The jet-powered nozzle propelled a high-pressure stream of water that tore apart her internal organs. Today she uses a colostomy bag, urinates through a catheter, and her lower right torso and leg are numb from nerve damage. Susan and her husband sued the manufacturer and distributor of the...

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