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Support Structure/Crashworthiness

Support Structure/Crashworthiness

From the founding of our firm in 1988, we have been on the cutting edge of automobile product liability litigation. Every car accident is different and has the potential of being caused not only by driver negligence, but may have also been compounded by a defect in one or both of the vehicles.

Vehicle frames and structures must be "crashworthy." In other words, vehicles must be designed to crush in a controlled manner, so as to manage the forces or energy of a collision and protect occupants in the vehicle. Unfortunately, not all vehicles on the road fulfill this basic design requirement.

If your accident involved serious injury because the vehicle structure collapsed or "intruded" into the occupant space and caused injury, there is a real possibility the vehicle support structure was defective. Our firm has significant experience and success handling these types of cases. If you or your family members have suffered injuries as the result of a vehicle's uncrashworthy design, you need an experienced automobile defect lawyer to maximize your recovery. Contact us today.

Success Stories

$45,000,000 Settlement | Credit Insurance/Consumer Rights Class Action

10/31/07 Toole v. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company, Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia

Plaintiff Toole represented a class of people who prepaid J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company premiums for credit life and disability insurance policies when they purchased vehicles. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company contractually promised to refund any unearned premium if class members paid off the insured loans before the five-year term had expired, but failed to do so when they paid off the insured loans early.

$105,500,000 Verdict | Defective Automobile

11/23/04 Flax v. Daimler Chrysler Corporation and Louis A. Stockell, Jr., Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee

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With offices in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, the attorneys at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP represent the seriously injured throughout Georgia, including the cities of Atlanta, Columbus, Marietta, Smyrna, Roswell, Gainesville, Peachtree City, Forest Park, Riverdale, Lagrange, Macon, and Savannah. Our lawyers have handled accident and defective product claims nationwide, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.