Car/Auto Defects

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Public Service Announcement - Passenger Vans
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The firm has extensive experience in crashworthiness litigation. Success in crashworthiness cases requires experience, a sophisticated understanding of engineering issues and of the law and an investment in time and resources. Ricci~Leopold, P.A. has successfully prosecuted multimillion-dollar claims against the world's largest automotive manufacturers for defective fuel systems and seat belt, seat back and stability failures.

Traditionally, the focus of automotive liability cases has been on the cause of the collision. Today, trial attorneys who understand the dangers underlying automotive design defects focus their efforts on crashworthiness cases, also known as "enhanced injury" or "second collision" claims. These claims address automobile safety and stability features that fail to provide an occupant reasonable protection from injury, regardless of the cause of the crash. Courts have uniformly imposed a duty on automakers to design their vehicles to provide reasonable occupant protection in crashes. This theory has been adopted across the nation to condemn a host of unsafe automotive design decisions.

Manufacturers vigorously defend lawsuits that attack the safety of their products. The battleground of crashworthiness cases is discovery. Ricci~Leopold, P.A. has developed substantial and specialized resources to support the litigation of these claims. The firm has assembled attorneys, researchers and technical assistants experienced in automotive design and engineering issues, and the firm collects and maintains an extensive library of government and industry data on automotive defects. The firm has successfully litigated more auto crashworthiness cases than any other law firm in Florida and ranks among the most respected plaintiff's auto crashworthiness firms in the nation.

• SEATBACK COLLAPSE
• SEAT BELT LITIGATION
• SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATIONS 
• ROOF CRUSH
• FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY
• SUV ROLLOVER 
• 15-PERSON PASSENGER VANS 
• AIR BAG LITIGATION
• TIRE DEFECTS 
• CLASS ACTIONS

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• The Minority Gets it Right
• A Few Dollars Short, a Few Years Late: Why Auto Collisions are No Accident
• When Safety Belts Aren't Safe
• Automotive Seats and Seat Backs: Take No Comfort in Them
• The Long Road to Automotive Safety
• Conversion Vans: Luxury Transportation or Dangerous Death Traps?
• Protecting Your Children: A Guide to Using and Choosing Child Safety Seats

Related Presentations:

• Handling, Litigating and Trying a Crashworthiness Case 
• The dangers of a a lap belt only as opposed to a lap/shoulder belt (Testing for the the Brailsford v. Nissan case)
  • Overhead Rear w/o Shoulder Restraint - Child
  • Overhead Rear w/o Shoulder Restraint - Adult
  • Overhead Rear with Shoulder Restraint - Child
  • Driver Side w/o Shoulder Restraint - Child
  • Driver Side with Shoulder Restraint - Adult
  • Driver Side with Shoulder Restraint - Adult
  • Driver Rear w/o Shoulder Restraint - Adult
  • Driver Rear with Shoulder Restraint - Adult
  • Driver Rear with Shoulder Restraint - Adult
  • Passenger Side w/o Shoulder Restraint - Child
  • Passenger Side with Shoulder Restraint - Child
  • Passenger Side with Shoulder Restraint - Child
  • Passenger Rear w/o Shoulder Restraint - Adult
  • Passenger Rear with Shoulder Restraint - Adult
  • Passenger Rear with Shoulder Restraint - Adult

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