For about 30 years, Harold Morris loved riding motorcycles all over the United States.
He rode a Harley-Davidson all over Western New York, rode to California and back three times, and proudly served as president of the Harley Owners Group – better known as the HOGS club – in Batavia.
But a horrific accident on June 6, 2020 near the New York-Pennsylvania border changed all that. Morris was seriously injured, and his partner and housemate, Pamela SinClair, was killed.
Morris and SinClair’s estate sued Harley-Davidson, blaming a defect in the Harley’s traction control system for the crash.
Harold Morris’ Harley-Davidson three-wheeler motorcycle after it crashed on June 6, 2020, in Pennsylvania, seriously injuring Morris and killing his girlfriend, Pamela SinClair.
This month, a jury in Livingston County, New York, found Harley responsible for the tragedy and on Tuesday awarded Morris and SinClair’s estate a total of $287 million in damages. That includes $240 million in punitive damages against the world famous motorcycle maker.
