SUV Rollover Lawyer
Vehicle Rollover Accident Attorney
Each year in the United States, van, truck and SUV rollovers account for more than 10,000 fatalities.
The situation is all too familiar: A family is on the highway late at night. The driver makes a minor steering correction. Suddenly, the SUV shifts to its side and rolls over.
The high volume of rollover accidents is due in part to the popularity of sport utility vehicles (SUVs). According to the NHTSA vehicle rollover statistics, SUV's have the highest rollover rate of any class of vehicle; with more than 90 percent of the rollovers occurring after the SUV leaves the pavement and veers onto the shoulder, or into a ditch or a ravine.
The inherent problems with the design of many SUV's, trucks and vans, contribute to the overturn or rollover problem. Occupants of an SUV are more likely to die in a rollover accident than in a passenger car due to the high rollover rate of SUVs.
Rollover accident victims are also often injured when the vehicle’s weak roof pillars and roof supports fail under the vehicle’s weight. Roof crush, roof collapse or roof pillar failure in rollover accidents account for many serious head injuries, paralysis, spinal cord injuries and deaths each year. In addition, occupants may suffer additional injuries from defective seatbelts, seatback failures, airbag deployment failures, and more once a rollover begins to occur.
Overall, vehicle rollovers may only make up a small percentage of all traffic accidents in the United States. Still, they account for a disproportionate amount of deaths from accidents. And they often cause spinal cord injuries and paralysis.
Rollover accidents in most cases involve a single vehicle. They are especially common with SUVs and 15-passenger vans. It is a common fact that some vehicles are overly susceptible to rollovers and never should have been sold to the public.
Who is at fault in deadly rollover accidents?
Even if the driver made an error, such as veering out of a traffic lane, auto manufacturers can still be liable for your damages. If you are suffering from a spinal cord injury due to a vehicle rollover, you must consider all your legal and medical options.
Cars must meet basic criteria for crashworthiness, or the ability to keep passengers reasonably safe even during many collisions and common road conditions. Rollovers many times are the result of vehicles with an excessively high center of gravity, or defective car parts such as tire defects.
How can car manufacturers be held accountable?
In the U.S., the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration establishes requirements and recommendations for safe vehicles. Coupled with federal laws that have greatly increased transportation safety, drivers enjoy many protections under the law.
Still, car makers may sometimes fail to live up to mandated safety standards. In other cases, it may turn out a major car company decided against implementing widely known technology and designs that reduced the probability of rollovers. Finally, a car manufacturer may simply make grave errors, in which their oversights result in cars that are not safe for use on the road
Over 15+ Years of Product Liability Trial Experience
Our law firms have successfully represented 100's of clients in rollover, seat belt, tire tread separation and roof crush cases throughout America.
Many of these cases involved Ford Explorer Rollovers, Ford Expedition Rollovers, Ford Excursion Rollovers, Chevrolet Suburban Rollovers, Toyota 4-Runner Rollovers, Mitsubishi Monteros Rollovers, Isuzu Trooper Rollover, Jeep Grand Cherokee Rollovers, Ford Ranger Rollovers, Ford F-150 Rollovers and Fifteen-Passenger van Rollovers.
Free Vehicle/SUV Rollover Lawsuit Evaluation
If you or a loved one have been seriously injured, or a loved one has died, in a rollover accident, serious crash or any type of vehicle collision, then please call us to discuss your legal rights.
Through legal action, you may be able to receive the money you need to pay for medical treatments from the past and in the years to come. Furthermore, a strong lawyer can send a powerful message to car companies that they will be held accountable when their vehicles cause people's misfortunes.
With decades of experience in spinal cord injury cases, the Ammons Law Firm has successfully represented many spinal cord injury victims. We help them regain their way of life, whether it means taking on big businesses or insurance companies.
If you believe that the design, a defect in the vehicle itself or the negligence of others caused the injuries or losses, then please contact us by e-mail us your questions and concerns or call us toll free to speak with a lawyer: (866) 523-1606. Nationwide help is available!