Our 36 year old client’s hand and arm were pulled into a defective product’s spinning mechanism while she was at work. Our investigation revealed that the machine was defective because of a too large gap between the spinners and the housing and because the direction of the spinners pulled the hand into the mechanism rather than expelling it away. Our client suffered a crush injury rendering her left hand useless. She also developed Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in the left upper extremity and is totally disabled from working. We obtained for our client a settlement of $2,500,000.00 plus a major reduction of the Worker’s Compensation lien against her settlement.