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Jeep Owner Who Lost a Leg to Dangerous Defect Wins $18.4M From FCA

Summary by MotorBiscuit
Jeffrey Wu parked his 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee outside a Kwik Trip in Lakeville, Minnesota, stepped out, and watched the SUV roll backward into him. His left leg was crushed badly enough that surgeons amputated it. A Dakota County jury decided last Friday that Jeep’s parent company bears most of the blame and handed Wu and his wife a verdict of $18.4 million, though the company dodged the punitive damages Wu’s lawyers had pushed hardest for. The…
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MotorBiscuit broke the news on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
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