Protecting Your Rights After a Rollover Accident
Many rollover accidents are caused by defective products: the defect may be in the vehicle itself or the tires it rides on, or both. These types of rollover crashes are often complex, and require multiple experts to prove. Plattner Verderame has decades of experience handling product liability cases like these. Even a well-designed car can roll over – but when a rollover is caused by bad design or unsafe manufacturing, we can help.
If you or a family member has been injured in one of these wrecks, you need to have a law firm with the proven ability to obtain justice despite the best efforts of well-funded defendants with millions of dollars at stake.
Since 1991, Plattner Verderame, P.C., has been a place where honest people with honest injuries can find the legal help, care and support they need to obtain justice. We never forget that we work for real people. We are here and ready to help.
You deserve the same high quality legal representation that the largest corporations have. Where can you get that as an individual? Talk to us about your rollover accident and learn more about the experience, knowledge and resources we offer and that other attorneys in Arizona and across the country have relied on for years.
A Deadly Combination:
SUVs, Tire Failure and Rollover Accidents
Studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that SUVs in fatal crashes roll over about 33 percent of the time; passenger cars and vans only roll over about 17 percent of the time. Why is that? Many SUVs have been designed with a short, narrow wheel base, high ground clearance and a high center of gravity for better off-road performance. Unfortunately, this makes those SUVs top heavy and easily tipped.
SUV design can combine with tire failure at highway speeds and increase the risk of rollover accidents. How or why do tires fail? Sometimes a tire is damaged by sharp objects in the road or by failing to maintain correct pressure. Many failures aren't the manufacturer's fault, although most such failures are just an inconvenience. But manufacturing defects all too often cause the tread to separate suddenly from the tire body, resulting in a catastrophic inability to control the vehicle. And, as thousands of cases against Firestone, Bridgestone, Michelin and other companies have proven, it isn't just discount tire brands that fail.
In any case, the sooner you get the legal help you need to determine the cause, the better.
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For answers to your questions about tire tread separation, auto tire recalls or other types of equipment failure, including rollovers and roof collapse — call or contact Plattner Verderame, P.C., today for a free consultation with an experienced lawyer.
We handle car accident cases on a contingency fee basis, which means that you won't owe us anything unless we obtain a verdict or settlement on your behalf. If you're an honest person with honest injuries, we're a law firm that wants to help you.
