Auto Defects Litigation: South Carolina Law Firm
Motor vehicle manufacturers, too often, do not produce cars and trucks that conform to basic standards for safety. If it significantly helps their bottom line, often manufacturers exceed safety standards. Unfortunately, lawsuits that hold companies accountable, and make it expensive to produce unsafe products, are very expensive and complex.
Our firm is one of a few firms in the United States that has successfully pursued serious auto defect cases against leading industry giants. In so doing, our auto defect attorneys have gained information of amazing detail and depth about auto part design. Most auto defect cases involve:
Vehicle Rollover: Despite considerable publicity, rollover of trucks and SUVs is still common. Some vehicles are set so high on their wheelbases that their centers of gravity are too high, making them overly susceptible to rolling over.
Occupant Ejection: It is vital to stay within a vehicle during an accident. Many automobile design flaws make it to easy to be thrown from the vehicle during an accident.
Seat Belt Failure: Some seat belts have a design flaw that makes them unlatch when the vehicle is hit in a certain way during an accident. Often, the occupant is then thrown from the vehicle and sustains serious or fatal injuries.
Door Latch Failure: Door latches often improperly release when pressure is applied to a certain area, resulting in the door flying open and the occupant being expelled from the vehicle.
Brake and Cruise Control Failure: Both anti-lock brakes and cruise control are controlled by computers than can seriously malfunction. The vehicle may then speed up uncontrollably or refuse to brake.
Glass Glazing: Windshields are usually "glazed," meaning that even when they shatter, they do not allow an occupant to penetrate them. However, side windows often do not have this glazing, and occupants are frequently ejected from side windows.
Other auto defects that cause personal injury include tire defects and fuel related defects that can result in fuel fed fires.
Contact the Bell Law Group
The Bell Legal Group is located in Georgetown, South Carolina. To contact one of our lawyers about an injury caused by a defective auto design, contact us.
