Dallas Attorney Jeff Hightower Featured in CNBC Remington Firearms Expose
Product liability attorney Jeff Hightower from Dallas' Hightower Angelley LLP is featured in a national investigative report titled "Remington Under Fire: A CNBC Investigation," which examines the deadly consequences of malfunctioning Remington firearms.
- Dallas, TX (1888PressRelease) October 26, 2010 - Product liability attorney Jeff Hightower from Dallas' Hightower Angelley LLP is featured in a CNBC investigative report titled "Remington Under Fire: A CNBC Investigation," which examines the deadly consequences of malfunctioning Remington firearms.
Mr. Hightower is a national leader in ongoing legal battles on behalf of those injured and killed by misfires resulting from defective trigger mechanisms in Remington 700 Series Bolt Action Rifles. Madison, N.C.-based Remington Arms Company Inc. manufactures the 700 Series.
CNBC's hour-long program features Mr. Hightower's insightful deposition of a Remington representative in a lawsuit involving the 700 Series, one of the most popular lines of rifles in the U.S.
Mr. Hightower tells CNBC Senior Correspondent Scott Cohn that Remington's customer service representatives receive strict instructions from the company on how to handle consumer complaints about the rifles.
The CNBC special, originally broadcast Oct. 20, includes the following deposition exchange between Mr. Hightower and Remington representative Laura Watson.
"Is it fair to say, as of today … that Remington knows that its Model 700 will in fact fire absent a trigger pull, under certain conditions?" Mr. Hightower asks Ms. Watson.
"Under certain conditions, yes, I guess that would be fair to say," Ms. Watson replies.
The broadcast of the 10-month CNBC investigation includes video footage filmed by law-enforcement officials where a 700 Series rifle misfired in the hands of a law officer at a firing range. Such misfires have been attributed to 700 Series bolt-action rifles equipped with the Walker Fire Control mechanism.
Despite hundreds of injuries and deaths, hundreds of lawsuits, and a new design introduced in 2007, Remington will not admit that the Walker Fire Control is defective or warn the public. Hightower Angelley LLP holds more than 5,000 documented complaints of unintended discharge involving the Walker Fire Control, and thousands of pages of internal company memos, test data and other documents proving that Remington has known about the defect for years.
Hightower Angelley is a courtroom litigation firm whose attorneys focus on injury cases involving aviation disasters, injuries caused by hunting accidents, and defective firearms claims. The firm's track record includes work in a variety of personal injury and business litigation matters. For additional information, visit the firm's website at http://www.hightowerangelley.com.
For more information, please contact Mark Annick at 800-559-4534 or mark ( @ ) androvett dot com.
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