Garcia v. Fleetwood and Reese,
United States Federal Court District Court of New
Mexico.
Our client Josie Garcia was rendered a
quadriplegic for life when her Fleetwood 5th wheel trailer
fell on her head while she and her husband were hitching it
to a Reese 5th wheel hitch. We handled a case against the
distributor of the trailer in California state court as well
as a case against the manufacturers of the trailer and the
hitch in New Mexico federal court. We used extensive
animations and graphics to demonstrate how the devastating
injury occurred. After a trial and two settlement agreements,
Josie was able to retrofit her home so that it is wheelchair
accessible and obtain the in-home medical care that she needs
to deal with the challenges of being quadriplegic. Josie is
one of the strongest people we’ve ever known.
Past successes cannot be an assurance of
future success because each case must be decided on its own
merits.