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Omaha woman gets $6.5M for injuries in 2007 crash; Lexus' air bag didn't fully inflate
http://www.omaha.com/article/20131018/NEWS/131018610/1685#omaha-woman-gets-6-5m-for-injuries-in-2007-crash-lexus-air-bag-didn-t-fully-inflate
Published Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 12:00 am / Updated at 1:18 am
By Todd Cooper
A Douglas County jury on Friday awarded an Omaha woman $6.5 million for injuries she suffered when her air bag didn’t fully deploy in an April 2007 crash.
Katherine M. Sprague, now 70, suffered a dislocation to the vertebrae in her upper neck, according to court accounts.
She underwent weeks of rehabilitation and battled to walk again. Eventually she filed a civil lawsuit against the carmaker.
After a two-week trial, jurors deliberated about 4½ hours before ordering Toyota Motor Corp. to pay Sprague $6.5 million for past medical bills, any care she may need in the future and for general damages due to pain and suffering.
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