Chuck Custer and Jon Yonemitsu successfully defended a national manufacturer of scaffolding equipment in a four week jury trial in Sacramento Superior Court. The product liability action involved the collapse of an elevated power driven scaffold from which several workers fell suffering significant personal injuries. The claims against Gordon & Rees' client totaled $2.1 Million and involved complicated issues of employer and comparative negligence, contractual indemnity and mechanical and metallurgic engineering principles. The jury deliberated less than three hours finding employer fault. Gordon & Rees' client paid no damages.