In the case of Carl Thompson v. Lamplight Village Homeowners Association, the plaintiff was allegedly injured by a defective swing set on a playground.

The Case: Carl Thompson v. Lamplight Village Homeowners Association

The Court: U.S. District Court of Nevada

The Case No.: 2:19-CV-1152 JCM (VCF)

The Plaintiff: Carl Thompson v. Lamplight Village Homeowners Association

The plaintiff in the case, Carl Thompson, was allegedly injured by a defective swing set on a neighborhood playground. In March 2014, Thompson sued the swing set manufacturer, the installer, and Lamplight Homeowner’s Association.

The Defendant: Carl Thompson v. Lamplight Village Homeowners Association

The defendant in the case, Lamplight Village @Centennial Springs Homeowners Association (“Lamplight), allegedly installed swing sets made with defective parts on their neighborhood playground. According to court documents, the top bar of the playground swing set repeatedly broke and fell. The homeowner’s association would repair the swing set only to have the same part on the swing set break again. Lamplight sought and received a replacement from the swing set manufacturer. When the replacement swing set’s top bar also broke, the swing set manufacturer sent a second replacement swing set. When the second replacement swing set’s top bar broke, the top cross bar swung down and allegedly struck the plaintiff, Thompson, in the head, crushing his skull and causing bleeding in his brain.

The Case: Carl Thompson v. Lamplight Village Homeowners Association

The case, Carl Thompson v. Lamplight Village Homeowners Association, went to trial, where the court considered the case of a teenager who suffered a traumatic brain injury allegedly caused by a swing set when the top crossbar broke and hit him in the head as it fell. The court found in favor of the plaintiff awarding $20 million ($10 million compensatory and $10 million punitive).

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