Damages Awarded in Suit on Honda ATV:...

Damages Awarded in Suit on Honda ATV: Honda Motor Co. of Japan will appeal $5.9 million in damages awarded to a Salem, Ore., man who was injured while riding a Honda three-wheel all-terrain vehicle, a spokesman said. A Multnomah County Circuit Court Jury awarded damages Friday for Karl Oberg, 24. Honda’s all-terrain off-road vehicle has been banned from sale in the United States since March, 1988, when the U.S. government filed suits charging the vehicles had design flaws that made them dangerous. “Honda is extremely disappointed in the verdict and believes it is excessive and unwarranted,” Kurt Antonius of American Honda Motor Co. Inc. of Gardena, Calif., said Saturday. “We will pursue all of the appropriate legal remedies, including appeal.”