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| A toddler was killed on
June 6, 2006 in front of his suburban Atlanta home
when a 1997 Dodge Caravan minivan, with its engine
off, rolled over him. As reported in local papers,
another child was playing alone inside the minivan,
shifted it out of "park," and it rolled backward
over the toddler. |
| This was not the first
such incident. Lawsuits for deaths and injuries
have been filed involving pre-2001 Chrysler-made
vehicles for lacking a necessary safety device.
As alleged, Chrysler waited until 2001 to do
what other car makers had already done -- install
a "brake shift interlock" in its vehicles that
requires drivers to press the brake pedal down,
after turning the key in the ignition, in order
to shift out of "park." Millions of the pre-2001
Chrysler vehicles are on the road nationwide. |
| In March, 2006, Lori
Hamby, a parent of a 2-year-old, obtained a
$3.4 million jury verdict in a lawsuit in U.S.
District Court in Atlanta against Daimler-Chrysler.
Ms. Hamby ‘s daughter was inside the
family’s 1991 Dodge Caravan in July 2002.
It was parked in the driveway with the engine
off with the child inside. An adult was washing
the vehicle and turned away for a moment when
the child shifted the vehicle out of "park." The
child was killed after falling out of the minivan
as it rolled down the driveway. |
| Chrysler maintains
that its pre-2001 vehicles will not shift out
of park unless the key is in the ignition. In
complaints filed on behalf of our clients, Lieff
Cabraser lawyers have alleged that that safeguard
does not always work. |
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| Lieff
Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP represents persons injured
in vehicle accidents. Click
here to submit your case. |
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| The
law in most states provides
individuals with legal claims
and the right to compensation
for injuries they suffer as
a result of a defective product
or the negligence of another. The
injured person may file a lawsuit
seeking compensation for
his or her pain and suffering,
medical expenses, lost past
and future wages and punitive
damages. |
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| Persons who have been
injured in accidents involving faulty transmissions,
or family members of loved ones who have died,
should click here to
contact a lawyer at the national law firm of Lieff
Cabraser. |
| 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
here. |
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have a nationwide
team of experienced auto
defect and car accident
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to our vehicle injury
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have retained leading
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and auto defect experts. |
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legal assistants, investigators
and nurses to assist
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of the claims of our
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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
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Our car crash accident lawyers and auto accident attorneys have represented
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