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Rollover Accidents

Minnesota and Wisconsin Rollover Accident Attorneys

Although rollovers account for a relatively low percentage of accidents, occupants in rollovers are statistically more likely to be seriously injured in rollovers than other types of crashes. Too often, cars, trucks and SUVs rollover because of defects in the vehicle or tires. Making matters worse, the vehicle often fails to protect occupants in these crashes, in other words, there are crashworthiness defects in the vehicles. There are many often viable product liability claims relating to rollover crashes. Some include:

Defective tires or tire failures;

The vehicle is defective due to poor handling and stability

characteristics (suspension systems) and a high center of gravity

The roof is too weak to protect occupants in rollover crashes;

The doors and glass break, allowing occupants to be either completely or partially ejected out of the vehicle;

The seatbelts to not automatically retract in a rollover to hold the occupants to the seat; and

The vehicle is not equipped with rollover-triggered side canopy airbags.

Rollovers are a complex subset of product liability cases. The science and medicine requires mastery not only by the engineering and medical consultants, but the lawyer handling the case. At Champion Law, we have successfully tried rollover product liability cases across the country. Contact Champion Law for a free rollover case review.