Pawn Company Pays for Injury Caused By Used Product it Sold

Pawn Company Pays for Injury Caused By Used Product it Sold
In First of Its Kind Case, Cash America Agrees to Settlement; Injured Worker
'Set for Life' 


MCALLEN, Texas, June 9  /PRNewswire/ -- Houston attorney Rob Ammons and
attorneys representing Cash America Pawn shops (NYSE:PWN) have settled a
lawsuit involving a worker, Francisco Sarao, who was paralyzed due to a
defective piece of safety equipment that Cash America sold.  The settlement
came in day three of a trial in Judge Rudy Delgado's 93rd Judicial District
Court in Hidalgo County, Texas.

"While the amount of the settlement is confidential," says Mr. Ammons,
"Francisco -- who is 24 years old and will be in a wheelchair for the rest of
his life -- will be well cared for.  And to me, that's what matters most."

In August 2001, Mr. Sarao was trimming trees in Weslaco, Texas, using a safety
harness his employer had purchased in used condition at a Cash America Pawn
shop.  He fell 30 feet to the ground and was paralyzed from the waist down.

An investigation determined Mr. Sarao fell when a safety ring on his harness
broke.  It also showed someone had altered the harness, removing the bright
orange warning labels that direct people in its proper use.  Cash America sold
the harness in this altered condition.

"It's the first case I know of in which a pawn shop has resolved a product
liability claim arising out of a product it sold," Mr. Ammons says.

Cash America Pawn, with headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, runs the largest
number of pawn shops in the country, with some 400 locations.

Attorney Robert Ammons is founder of the Ammons Law Firm, a firm dedicated to
protecting the rights of people injured through the carelessness of others. The
firm has represented those injured or killed through automobile accidents,
defective products, medical negligence and workplace negligence.

For more information on the case involving Francisco Sarao and the settlement
with Cash America Pawn, contact Mark Annick at 800-559-4534, pager 214-967-2299
or  . 

DATASOURCE: Ammons Law Firm



CONTACT:  Mark Annick, [phone], or pager, [phone] or

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