Dan Hannah

On 8/29/2019 at 7:36 AM, FL-JOE said:

I tend to agree with Twotoes.  Without additional detail I am guessing that maybe they purchased this unit new, possibly one the dealer had left over from the model year before.  

The award sounds a little high initially, however do they actually get all that money or is there a split and their attorney gets 1/3 or more?  I know in some federal cases the courts can grant attorney fees to one side or the other to be paid by the loser.  Plus if the manufacturer appeals it and drags it out for a few years they may not get a dime.  I suspect if this gets another look by a federal jury the manufacturer will make sure there are some RVers on that panel.

The motorhome WAS a new purchase, it WAS their only home, there WERE about 1/2 RVers on the jury, and it took them about 3 years to litigate the case.

They had sold their stick and brick, then spent the next 2 years in various repair shop parking lots doing overnights.  Then when the slides again failed repeatedly, Winnebago attorneys argued in court that the couple still had use of much of the rig, just leave the full wall slide in.  That strategy may have ticked off the jury.

I personally think they were underpaid!  I wouldn't spend 2 years of my life on or in that POS...

That is one messed up website -