Excursion Rollovers
Ford Excursion Alleged Defect and Accident Cases
When rollover accidents occur, they are often fatal. In 2002, sixty-one percent of all occupant fatalities in sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and 45 percent of pickup truck deaths were the result of a rollover crash. By comparison, only 22 percent of passenger car fatalities in 2002 were the result of a rollover crash.
A number of potential safety issues and vehicle defects can contribute to the occurrence of SUV rollovers and lead to serious injury or death in the event of a rollover accident. Potential safety issues include:
- The vehicle is defective in its handling and stability because it is top-heavy and prone to heavy oversteering by drivers, making a rollover accident likely;
- The vehicle is equipped with defective door latches that are too weak to hold the doors shut in a rollover accident, causing passengers to be ejected from these vehicles;
- The roof-strength of the SUV is deficient, resulting in a collapse of the roof in a rollover accident;
- The vehicle is not equipped with laminated safety glass which would help prevent passengers from being ejected in SUV rollovers; and
- The seat belts are defective because they do not automatically retract and tighten during an accident.
Ford Excursion Rollover Injury Lawyers | Attorneys
Lieff Cabraser has successfully represented persons who have been injured or killed as a result of Ford Excursion and other SUV accidents, whether due to a rollover accident, crushed roof, door latch problem, lack of laminated windows, seatbelt failure, or a combination of these or other factors.
Please contact an auto injury attorney at Lieff Cabraser for a free, no-obligation review of your case. Alternatively, you may call Lieff Cabraser toll-free at 1-800-541-7358 and ask to speak to partner Fabrice Vincent.
