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Defective Front Seats in Cars Lead to Catastrophic Injuries
The seatbacks for front occupants play a vital safety role in rear-end crashes, similar to seatbelts and airbags in frontal crashes. Seatback failures commonly occur because the seats are constructed with weak materials.
Why Vehicle Roofs Collapse in Rollover Crashes
On July 1, 2016, our law firm’s client was driving a 2004 Mercury Mountaineer in Benton County, Missouri. The vehicle traveled through an intersection and off the roadway, overturning once before coming to rest on its wheels. During the rollover, the roof over the driver’s occupant compartment area crushed inward and struck our client, causing a severe spinal cord injury and rendering her a quadriplegic.
AAJ Issues Statement on SCOTUS Decision Harmful to Workers’ Rights
The recent decision in the U.S. Supreme Court in Epic Systems v. Lewis, Ernst & Young v. Morris, and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) v. Murphy Oil, is one that the AAJ has highlighted as one particularly damaging to workers, forcing citizens away from the civil justice system and into forced arbitration.
Common but Deadly: Identifying Dangerous Aftermarket Parts & Vehicles
In most instances, an aftermarket modification is not completed properly. Common acts of negligence include failing to comply with safety standards (which are often not required in the case of aftermarket vehicles to the same extent that they are in “original equipment” vehicles), inadequate quality testing and other poor service practices.
Safe Crossing Advocacy Highlights the Need for Vigilance at Railroad Crossings
Railroad crossings are incredibly dangerous and all railroad companies must take more steps to protect children, pedestrians and motorists.
When Should an Airbag Inflate?
In recent months, our law firm has seen an increasing number of airbag non-deploy cases resulting in severe injuries and fatalities. These cases typically involve catastrophic failures of passenger presence sensor systems that fail to recognize the passenger seat is occupied, which in turn, disables the airbag.