An automotive product liability case occurs when a passenger or driver in a vehicle sustains injury or death because of a defect in the design or part of the automobile fails. In America it is surprising how often automotive defects cause or contribute to cause injury or death to our fellow citizens. The automobile industry is well funded and has an extensive lobby in Washington D.C. to ensure that modern day safety standards are not put into law, which would then cause the industry to update and make many vehicles safe.
We have successfully pursued a broad range of automobile defect cases, including air bag failure, seatbelt failure, rollover crashworthiness and motorcycle defects. Recently we obtained punitive damages at a jury trial over a defective seatbelt and lack of automatic stability control against Nissan where our client was caused to become paralyzed from the mid-drift down when he was ejected from the automobile. After a month of trial the jury agreed that the vehicle was defective and unreasonably dangerous and that Nissan's conduct was a conscious disregard for the safety of others.
Airbag cases are all too often the fault of the manufacturer's failure to test their system for known dangers we all encounter on the road. We were recently successful in obtaining a very substantial settlement in an airbag case where it failed to deploy, resulting in the death of our client's husband. Failing to deploy, late to deploy, and delayed deploy are all defects that cause our citizens injury too often.
Automobile defect cases are very technical and we have decades of experience in this area of the law. The major automobile manufacturers and part suppliers are very capable of knowing if you have a law firm handling your case that can afford to properly pursue the case and that has the skill and expertise to combat their highly paid "experts." Have no doubt, we level the playing field and expose their long history of putting safety in the backseat.
If you or your loved one has been injured or killed and you suspect that the vehicle failed to perform in any way, please give us a call for a free consultation.