Tate Law Offices PC

Texas Roll-Over Accident Lawyers

The Texas law firm of Tate Law Offices represents individuals who have been injured in rollover accidents.  Vehicles are supposed to be designed by the manufacturers to not roll over under normal driving conditions.  However, some automobile manufacturers have not adopted best practices in the design and manufacture of vehicles.  Other manufacturers cut corners to keep the price of the vehicle down in order to increase profits which makes their vehicles unnecessarily prone to rolling over which can cause death or serious injury to individuals.

Many sport utility vehicles (SUVs), pickup trucks, and vans have a high center of gravity and tend to roll over easily.  However, even though cars can be less likely to rolling over they too can roll in certain situations that should have been prevented by the vehicle manufacturers.  In certain vehicles, the lack of electronic stability control (ESC) installed in the vehicle can make the vehicle more prone to rolling over because the vehicle lacks the ability to correct faulty steering.  Manufacturers have known of ESC for a long time but have failed to put it in many cars they build.

Many times a claim for roof crush goes along with a claim for a rollover wreck.  Such roof crush claim is basically that the roof of the vehicle suffered more crush than should have incurred and caused injury to the occupant.  When the roof of a vehicle crushes down too much the occupants frequently incur head and neck injuries that can render them quadriplegic or paraplegic.

Although many rollovers are caused by defective vehicle design, other driving actions can cause the rollover too such as the driver driving too fast, driving overly aggressive, hitting a curb and flipping over, or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and attempting a maneuver the car cannot perform.

If you or a family member has been involved in a rollover wreck in Texas or anywhere throughout the nation, please call or email us and we will either come to you or speak with you over the phone confidentially about your claims.