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A National Tragedy: Repeated 12- and 15-Passenger Van Rollover Accidents |
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| According to government
statistics, over 1,200 fatal crashes have occurred
involving 15 passenger vans since 1990. Recent
high-profile crashes have included: |
- In September 2005, a Utah State University
van overturned on a highway about 65 miles
north of Salt Lake City, killing eight
students and an instructor, and injuring
two other students.
- In February 2005, in Illinois, two 16-year-old
girls were killed when the 12-passenger
van that they were riding in rolled over
after the driver lost control of the van
while returning from a ski resort.
- In 2004, three members of a Bronx, New
York church group were killed and nine
more injured in the rollover of a Ford
van at the Canadian border. Lieff Cabraser
is representing family members.
- In 2003, in East St. Louis, Missouri,
a Ford E350 15-passenger van, used by a
local church, fishtailed on wet pavement,
veered into a ditch and turned on its side.
A thirteen year old boy was killed in the
accident, and five other children were
seriously injured.
- In March 2003, four members of the Coptic
Orthodox Community in Northern California
were killed near Barstow, California, when
the 2002 Ford 15-passenger van they were
traveling in rolled over after the driver
lost control of the vehicle.
- In July 2002, a Ford Super Club Wagon
van carrying six cheerleaders rolled over
near Birmingham, Alabama. Five passengers
were ejected. Two were killed. The others
suffered injuries ranging from a dislocated
hip to partial paralysis.
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Overview of 15 & 20 passenger vans accidents. |
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Manufacturers’ liabilities regarding van accidents. |
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Facts on the danger associated with 15 & 20 passenger vans. |
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A family’s fight to prevent more deaths from van rollovers |
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Tips to lower the chance of rollover accident |
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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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| In more than 80% of single-vehicle
accidents involving 15-passenger vans that resulted
in a fatality, the vans rolled over. Lawsuits filed
against van manufacturers claim that they knew
the vans were defective in design and unreasonably
dangerous because of its instability and tendency
to roll over. |
| In a recent lawsuit involving
a fatal rollover of a Ford E350 15-passenger van,
Lieff Cabraser alleged that Ford E350 vans have
three primary safety problems: |
- They are difficult to handle under fully
loaded conditions because they are susceptible
to over-steering in emergency maneuvers,
which leads to loss of control;
- They are unstable when loaded, leading
to a significant increase in the risk of
rollover crashes;
- Once a van rolls over, it is not crashworthy
and, as a result, occupants are killed
in what would otherwise have been easily
survivable crashes.
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| Persons who have been
injured in accidents involving passenger vans,
including 15-passenger, 12-passenger, 10-passenger,
or cargo vans, or family members of loved ones
who have died, please contact
a van rollover accident | lawyer at
Lieff Cabraser to learn about your legal rights
and for a free case review. |
| Alternatively, you
may call Lieff Cabraser toll-free at 1-866-313-1973
and ask to speak to partner Kathryn E. Barnett. |
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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. |
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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... |
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