After a car accident, insurance companies often try to make victims feel that the accident was their fault. Our experienced accident lawyers have found that many accidents and injuries are caused by defective automobiles, defective automobile parts, and defective highways, not by the driver. Automobile manufacturers have a responsibility to make sure that cars and trucks are crashworthy and that they are able to protect drivers and passengers in the event of a collision. Instead, many vehicles roll over easily, have poor roof structure, defective airbags, seatbacks and seatbelts, poor side impact ratings, and many other safety hazards.

When you purchase a vehicle, you expect that certain standards are upheld in the design and manufacturing processes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (www.nhtsa.dot.gov) has sets of rules and safety standards for crash avoidance and crashworthiness of vehicles. However, the automobile manufacturer lobby often overpowers public safety concerns. For example, in the wake of the massive Firestone tire recall and new data about sports utility vehicle rollovers, legislation was proposed in the U.S. Senate that would require manufacturers to alert the government about dangerous defects — or face jail time if they deliberately failed to report defects or issue a recall and the defect caused death or serious injury. Sadly, the bill never made it to a vote due to the pressure mounted by the auto industry and the millions of dollars in soft money campaign contributions made by the industry. Driver safety continues to be compromised in favor of auto manufacturer profits and politics.

Our accident lawyers fight for the rights of victims. We believe that each and every automobile accident should be fully analyzed to determine if defects in the automobile caused the accident or contributed to serious injuries or death. If you or a loved one were injured in an accident, contact our lawyers for a free and confidential case evaluation.