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Auto Defects

Domestic and foreign auto manufacturers have a duty to the citizens of California to design and manufacture safe vehicles – which includes vehicles that protect occupants in crashes. This means that all vehicles must be designed to be safe in foreseeable collisions and accidents. Automobiles must be designed to protect their occupants. This requirement is known as “crashworthiness. We have handled cases involving all of the following:

When a car does not perform as safely as an ordinary consumer or user expects, and the occupant is hurt, not by the collision itself, but because of a design flaw in the vehicle, the manufacturer is liable for any increased or enhanced damages that occur.

Through the years, our attorneys have successfully handled cases against foreign and domestic auto manufacturers who have failed to produce and sell crashworthy cars, trucks and SUV’s.

In recent years, we have represented consumers injured because their vehicle did not maintain its integrity during a rollover, its roof collapsed, its seat belts spooled out, or its brakes failed, or tire treads separated.

In every automobile accident where there is serious injury, it is critical that your attorneys review the facts of the case, and where necessary consult skilled automotive engineers, to determine whether any design or manufacturing defect in a vehicle enhanced or worsened the injuries.

If you are in an accident and your injuries were exacerbated or worsened because of the failure of vehicle safety components, you have a product liability claim in addition to an automobile claim. Our attorneys are skilled and experienced in the prosecution and investigation of these claims. When our attorneys undertake an automobile collision case, we investigate the case including the potential for automobile product liability.