Shanin Specter

In 1937, Harry Specter, a peddler, was driving his Chevy pickup when a defective spindle bolt broke and caused the truck to flip over. His arm was crushed in the accident and he was left permanently disabled.

Harry got a $500 settlement for his injury. More than six decades later, his grandson, Shanin Specter, a nationally recognized trial attorney, would sue a major car company -- also over a...