A State Supreme Court jury accepted the contention that injuries suffered in a roadway accident led an 11-year-old Bronx boy into a life of crime and yesterday awarded him $950,000 in an injury suit.

In a landmark decision on products liability, the New York County Supreme Court secured a plaintiff's rights to present evidence supporting the need for manufacturers to correct or instruct consumers about serious safety defects in their products after the sale.

A Highland Mills, N.Y., record press operator whose hand and wrist were caught and crushed was awarded $1.5 million in damages yesterday by a Manhattan Federal Court jury at the end of a four-week trial before Judge Morris Lasker .