There has been a bench verdict in the case regarding the injuries Robert Dorroh received after an accident in 2000. 43-year-old Mr. Dorroh was driving to work in his 1985 Ford Bronco at approximately 6:50 a.m. Cedar Sol Warren was traveling in the opposite direction, and was speeding. Mr. Warren spilled coffee in his lap and looked down from the road. When he looked up again, he saw that the car in front of him had stopped to make a left turn. Mr Warren swerved to avoid the vehicle, and crossed into Mr. Dorroh’s lane. He collided with Mr. Dorroh’s Bronco, causing it to tip and roll over. Mr. Dorroh was ejected from the vehicle and landed in a stream. He received a great deal of injuries: several fractured ribs, contused and collapsed lungs, vertebrae compression fractures, pneumonia as the result of fresh-water drowning, flail chest, and T-10 ASIA A paraplegia. He also suffered residual paralysis, neurogenic bowel and bladder, neuropathic pain, impotence, urethral erosion, penile structure, urinary tract infections, osteoporosis with femur fractures, stoma closure, violent spasms, diabetes, pressure sores, torn rotator cuff, catheter, osteomyelitis, myofascitis, suprapubic, left orchiectomy, heterotropic ossification, amputation of fifth ray, right foot, and bilateral carpal tunnel. Mr. Dorroh is now unable to work.  

Mr. Warren argued that Mr. Dorroh was not wearing his seat belt, causing him to be ejected from the vehicle and suffer the multiple injuries. He further argued that if Mr. Dorroh was wearing a seat belt and it failed, then Ford Motor Company was responsible for the injuries. The court proved that Mr. Dorroh’s seat belt did meet guidelines.  

Mr. Dorroh requested an amount of $10 million. There was a bench verdict of $16,789,835.

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