Products Liability
Defective Bungee Cord Hook $900,000
Injuries alleged: Loss of Eye
Name of case: (Anonymous) v. Home Depot, et al.
Court: Withheld
Amount of settlement: $900,000
Case Summary:
In this
bungee cord lawsuit, the plaintiff adduced evidence
of a long history of known failures of the hooks of the bungee
cord at issue. These hooks, made in China, were reportedly of
inadequate tensile strength to withstand the loads and forces
to which the bungee cords would be subjected in foreseeable use.
As the plaintiff was securing a ladder to the top of his truck
with a bungee cord manufactured by Bungee International and purchased
by the plaintiff at Home Depot, one of the j-shaped hooks deformed
and sprang back into the plaintiff's eye. The plaintiff produced
evidence showing that the manufacturer had actual knowledge of
the deficiency of these hooks, yet had taken no corrective action
whatsoever to rectify their structural deficiency, other than
adding a warning label tag to the bungee cords.
The case settled at mediation for $900,000
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