Auto Defects
Injury or Death from Vehicle Defects
Colorado Products Liability Attorneys
Despite available technology, many people are injured every year when defects in their cars cause accidents or make injuries worse in a crash or rollover. Auto manufacturers have a responsibility to design and manufacture safe vehicles, but holding them accountable for severe injuries or death is no small task.
Gerash Steiner & Toray, a personal injury litigation firm in Denver, Colorado, has the resources and experience necessary for these difficult cases. We have been involved with product liability lawsuits against large automakers over defects in their vehicles. We will investigate such flaws as bad design, manufacturing defects, regulatory violations, failure to fully test vehicle safety and failure to make use of available technology in a variety of cases including:
- SUV defects causing rollover
- Defective seat belts
- Air bag defects (failure to deploy, air bag injuries)
- Seat back failure
- Tire blowouts from tread separation
- Faulty brakes
Common injuries in these accidents include head injuries, traumatic brain injuries, broken bones, spinal cord injuries, facial injuries and disabling whiplash (soft tissue damage to the neck and back).
SUV Rollovers
The top-heavy design of sport utility vehicles makes them inherently more likely to tip and roll. In response, the industry developed electronic counter-steering and traction technologies. However, many manufacturers do not employ this expensive stabilization technology in all of their SUVs. Another design defect common to many SUVs relates to crashworthiness — oftentimes the roof supports fail during rollover crashes, causing critical injuries to the occupants.
Gerash Steiner & Toray works with engineers and professional accident investigators, which enables us to gather and analyze evidence from car accident scenes and inspect the wreckage for vehicle defects. Our attorneys also have access to top automotive design experts who can testify that the vehicle in question did not meet federal safety standards or contained inherent design or manufacturing flaws.
We pursue full compensation, through trial or settlement, for all medical costs, lost earnings and the personal impact of disabling injuries on you and your family. We take vehicle defect cases on a contingency basis, meaning that we collect attorney fees only if we win compensation.
Each of our injury lawyers has more than a decade of experience to draw upon when bringing your case forward in negotiations or at a jury trial. We also draw upon the medical expertise of medical doctor and attorney Eric Steiner. A licensed physician, Mr. Steiner is invaluable in helping us prove the extent of injuries in vehicle defect cases.
Free consultations on all Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice & Criminal matters: Call 1.866.371.8218
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