A jury has awarded $1.8 million to the family of a Texas teenager who was killed when the 2005 Hyundai Tucson sport utility vehicle her sister was driving veered off the road and rolled over. Though Sarah Goodner was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident, she had
Vehicle Defects, Crashworthiness, Accidents and Personal Injury AS LONG AS MACHINES FAIL AND HUMAN BEINGS MAKE mistakes, there will be vehicle accidents. This has been true since the very first automobile was built by Mercedes-Benz. But since there are always going to be accidents, why can’t vehicles be safer?
Renowned Trial Lawyer Fights To Protect Vehicle Accident Victims Whose Safety Systems Have Failed Thousands of people are catastrophically injured or killed each year on America’s roadways. On some occasions, no vehicle safety design principle would have prevented the serious injury or death. On many other occasions, however, vehicle safety
Vehicle manufacturers have been studying the concept of vehicle aggressivity for decades. In 1972, a Renault engineer introduced the idea of vehicle aggressiveness in an ESV (Experimental Safety Vehicle) paper – “taking account of all of the people in an accident, not just those in one of the vehicles.”
The TRACY firm announced today that it has filed 3 complaints with the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) regarding 2002-2009 model years of the GMC Envoy. It has come to Mr. Tracy’s attention, after receiving multiple units involved in side impact and rollover type accidents at his warehouse facility,
Convertible Vehicles For years, vehicle crashworthiness attorneys and experts refused to handle roof crush cases involving convertible vehicles. Their rationale was simple; There were no alternative designs available that would have prevented or minimized the crush into the survival space.
Todd Tracy prides himself on standing up for car accident victims who lost their lives or suffer from traumatic injuries that require lifelong care. Automakers and auto dealers must be held accountable for putting unsafe vehicles on the road.