Rollover Roof Collapse - KY Defective Auto Products Attorneys

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has consistently attempted to increase its standards regarding vehicle roof strength in an attempt to reduce rollover injuries and deaths in the United States. Shockingly, rollovers account for 35% of all deaths involving car accidents yearly. If you were injured as a result of your vehicle roof collapsing in a car accident, you may have the legal right to pursue compensation for your injuries and damage.

Causes of Collapsed Vehicle Roofs

In most cases, flawed designs and manufacturing defects are to blame for vehicle roof collapses. While rollover accidents are serious, they do not need to include catastrophic injuries or fatalities if the structural integrity of the vehicle’s roof ensures that there is no collapse.

However, if there is a faulty roof structure or a weak roll cage, these manufacturing defects can lead to devastating and life-altering injuries or fatalities. It is important to note that according to federal standards, roof pillars should never collapse, even during a rollover. Additionally, all outer shells, roof cages, pillars, and parts and components of a roof should be manufactured in such a way that there is never a roof collapse, even during a rollover accident.

Common Rollover Roof Collapse Injuries

When a rollover occurs and the vehicle’s roof collapses, it oftentimes crushes the occupants of the vehicle, either killing them or not allowing them to escape the vehicle resulting in more severe injuries. Some of the types of injuries related to a roof collapse in a rollover accident include the following:

• Traumatic Brain Injuries
• Broken, fractured, or shattered bones (leading to possible amputation)
• Aortic dissection
• Spinal cord injuries (leading to paralysis)
• Neck and back injuries
• Nerve damage
• Internal organ damage
• Internal bleeding
• Lacerations, contusions, and bruising
• Death

Unfortunately, many rollover accidents that involve a roof collapse result in disabilities, amputations, paralysis, permanent brain damage, and death.

Seek Immediate Medical Treatment

Always seek immediate medical attention following your roof collapse accident. This is critical not only for your own health, but also to prove that your injuries were caused as a result of the accident if you make the decision to prove a claim in the future.

Make sure to keep detailed notes of all of your medical bills, diagnoses, treatment, physical therapy, mental health therapy, medications, and surgeries. Also, keep a detailed diary of your pain and suffering and what you are no longer able to do on a daily basis due to your injuries from your rollover roof collapse accident.

Contact an Experienced Attorney Today

If you were involved in an accident that involved a rollover and a collapsed roof, contact the experienced Kentucky injury lawyers at Dallas & Turner, PLLC. We can give you peace of mind knowing you have attorneys who are experienced in dealing with defective auto products such as collapsed roofs.

We never charge anything until you get paid for your injuries and medical bills.

Contact an experienced product liability attorney today at 859-630-0666 today, or use our FREE online case submission form to schedule a FREE consultation.