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Auto Defect & Crashworthiness Claims

When a crash should have been survivable but a vehicle component failed — airbag, seatbelt, roof structure, tire, or child seat — the defect itself may be the case.

What happened

Crashworthiness law asks a simple question: did the vehicle protect its occupants the way it was supposed to? Serious injuries and deaths are frequently caused not by the collision alone but by airbags that fail to deploy (or deploy violently), seatbelts that unlatch or spool out, roofs that crush in rollovers, tire tread separations that cause loss of control, defective child safety seats, gas-tank fires, and defective guardrail end terminals.

Litigation status: These are individually litigated cases against automakers and component manufacturers, and they can coexist with an ordinary wreck claim against an at-fault driver. Vehicle preservation is everything: the car itself is the primary evidence and must not be repaired, salvaged, or crushed.

Signs you may have a defect case

Act immediately

Insurance companies move totaled vehicles to salvage fast. Call us first — we’ll send preservation letters and get the vehicle inspected before critical evidence disappears.

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