San Diego SUV Rollovers & Electronic Stability Control Lawyers
New regulations from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will require electronic stability control (ESC) systems in place on some motor vehicles beginning with the 2009 model year, and on all cars, SUVs, and pickups by 2012. ESC is a computer-assisted system of speed and traction sensors that allow the selective braking of individual wheels in order to recover control of vehicles at risk of skidding or rolling over. According to a recent insurance industry study, electronic stability control can reduce the risk of single-vehicle accidents such as SUV rollovers by 40 percent, and the risk of fatalities in such accidents by 56 percent.
Contact The McClellan Law Firm in San Diego for a free evaluation of your legal options if you or someone in your family was involved in a serious or fatal accident that could have been prevented by an electronic stability control system. Though available for years as a luxury option, auto manufacturers are only now preparing to install ESC as a standard feature in all motor vehicles. Failure to protect against a known risk—SUV rollover, for example—by implementing a known preventive measure—electronic stability control—has been shown to be a sound theory of liability against vehicle manufacturers in personal injury and wrongful death cases throughout the United States.
At The McClellan Law Firm, products liability litigation involving dangerous and defective motor vehicles and auto components has represented an important part of our practice for 25 years. Our lawyers know how to work with automotive design, engineering, and safety experts to demonstrate the effect of conscious manufacturing choices on the risks that resulted in your accident. With more than 90 settlements and verdicts worth in excess of $1 million each to our credit, our firm enjoys a national reputation for the results we have achieved for our clients in automotive products liability cases.
We take the same care in developing and presenting evidence of your physical, economic, and intangible losses as we do in proving liability against the defendant. Whether your injuries involve traumatic brain injury, quadriplegia resulting from spinal cord trauma, or extensive burns suffered in a vehicle fire, we make sure that you receive the treatment and rehabilitative services you need while we document and present your claims in thorough detail. We also represent the surviving families of fatal accident victims in wrongful death litigation.
For a free consultation about your legal rights in a severe rollover or other single-vehicle accident that could have been prevented with an electronic stability control system, contact a Southern California products liability attorney at The McClellan Law Firm in San Diego.
