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Ford Expedition |
Explorer Rollover Lawsuits |
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| The safety of the
Ford SUVs became a nationwide concern in 2000.
More than 200 deaths and 700 injuries in the
United States were blamed on Ford Explorers rolling
over after the tread separated on Firestone tires
with which the Explorers had been equipped. |
| In June 2004, a jury
in San Diego, California, returned the first
plaintiff's verdict in a lawsuit challenging
the safety of the Ford Explorer. The plaintiff,
Benetta Buell-Wilson, was left paralyzed when
the roof of her 1997 Ford Explorer caved in
after it rolled over when she swerved to avoid
an object in the road. Buell Wilson charged
that the Ford Explorer was unstable and had
a weak roof. |
| In August 2004, Ford
settled a rollover death case involving its
Explorer as a jury was considering whether
to award punitive damages. Earlier, the jury
in Fort Meyers, Florida, awarded the family
of victim Bob Miller $5.3 million in compensatory
damages. Miller was on his way home from his
roofing job and was wearing his seat belt and
a hard hat when a tire lots its tread, causing
the Explorer to swerve and then flip over. |
| In March 2005, a jury
found Ford responsible for the deaths of Corina
Garcia and Diana Alicia of Crystal City, Texas.
The jury was presented evidence that the 2000
Ford Explorer was defective in its design because
Ford used tempered side glass instead of laminated
safety glass. Available for decades, laminated
glass substantially reduces the risk of passengers
being ejected in a rollover accident. |
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| Lieff
Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP represents
persons injured in vehicle
accidents. Click
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case. |
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| Lieff Cabraser has participated
in over thirty-five $100 million-plus settlements & verdicts
since 1992. To read a summary, click
here. |
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| In
September 2005, a Texas jury found
that Ford Motor Co. should pay $42 million
to the family of a 10-year-old boy who was
killed when he was partly ejected from a Ford
Expedition in a 2004 rollover accident. The
boy, Matthew Marroquin, was wearing his seat
belt when the vehicle's side window shattered
and the boy hit the ground as it rolled, his
family said. The suit is one of a growing number
claiming automakers should have used stronger
glass in side and rear windows to prevent ejections
and partial ejections. |
| Lieff Cabraser represents
families of loved ones who died in rollover
crashes involving the Ford Expedition. In a
suit involving a 2000 Ford Expedition, we allege: |
- The Ford Expedition is defective in its
handling and stability because the Expedition
is top-heavy and prone to heavy oversteering
by drivers, making a rollover accident
likely;
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- The Ford Expedition is equipped with
defective door latches that are too weak
to hold the doors shut in a rollover accident,
causing passengers to be ejected from these
vehicles;
- The Ford Expedition is not equipped with
laminated safety glass which would help
prevent passengers from being ejected in
SUV rollovers; and
- The seat belts were defective because
they did not automatically retract and
tighten during an accident.
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| Lieff Cabraser represents
persons who have been injured or killed as a result
of a Ford Expedition accident, whether due to a
rollover accident, crushed roof, door latch problem,
shattered window, seat belt failure, or a combination
of these or other factors. Please click
here to contact a Lieff Cabraser attorney. |
| Alternatively, you may
call Lieff Cabraser toll-free at 1-866-313-1973
and ask to speak to partner Kathryn E. Barnett. |
| Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP, is a national law firm of over 50 lawyers with offices in San Francisco,
New York and Nashville. Our attorneys are recognized
for the successful prosecution of lawsuits involving deaths, personal injuries
and property damage due to defective products, including in the field of vehicle
safety. |
| In 2007, in the case
of Mraz
v. DaimlerChrysler, Lieff Cabraser
attorneys, with local co-counsel, obtained
the fourth largest verdict in California for
the year. At trial, plaintiffs showed that
a defective
transmission was responsible for making
a Dodge Dakota pickup shift into reverse and
run over Richard Mraz. |
| Currently, we are
prosecuting personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits involving cars, vans,
pickup trucks, SUVs, the Yamaha Rhino and other
vehicles. To learn more about the firm, click
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| About Lieff Cabraser:
Drivers and passengers injured in auto crashes and pickup truck and SUV rollover
accidents, or families of loved ones who died, may be eligible to file lawsuits
against other drivers at fault or against the manufacturer of their vehicle if
the accident was due to a safety defect. Safety defects can include a high risk
of rolling
over, tire tread
separation, seat
belt failures and other defects. Learn
more... |
| We have offices in San
Francisco, New York and Nashville.
Our car crash accident lawyers and auto accident attorneys have represented
clients in personal injury, auto accident, SUV rollover and vehicle safety defect
lawsuits across America, including persons living in Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas,
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