Despite rising gas prices and the grow popularity of fuel-efficient vehicles, SUVs remain the family car of choice for many Mississippi families. They provide a convenient way to transport the entire family, your daughter’s Girl Scout troop or your son’s high school basketball team along with all their gear. Unfortunately, this convenience comes at an extremely high cost. SUV rollover accidents are amongst the most deadly of all motor vehicle accidents. Their top-heavy design and relatively narrow wheelbase make SUVs particularly susceptible to being involved in a rollover accident.
What makes matters worse is that a “minor rollover” accident does not exist. Almost invariably SUV rollover accidents result in catastrophic injuries including spinal cords injuries, traumatic brain injuries, broken bones or fractures and even death. If you have been seriously injured or a loved one has suffered a wrongful death in an SUV rollover accident, you may have a right to financial compensation for your loss.
Our experienced Mississippi SUV rollover accident lawyers have many years of experienced handling these potentially fatal motor vehicle crashes. We carefully investigate SUV rollover accidents and work with leading SUV rollover accident reconstruction experts to identify all potential defendants and contributing causes to your SUV rollover collision. Our knowledgeable SUV accident lawyers investigate a number of contributing causes and factors including:
- Defective vehicle design or components
- Violations of vehicle safety laws by other drivers (i.e. speeding or running red lights)
- Poorly designed, constructed or maintained roadways
- Other unsafe driving practices (i.e. fatigued, distracted or drowsy driving)
SUV manufacturers were aware for years that their design meant a higher risk of rollover accidents but continued to manufacture them with little regard for this serious accident risk. With a high center of gravity and a comparatively narrow track SUVs are unavoidably unstable. They frequently are involved in rollover accidents where a tire hits the curb or soft dirt off the edge of the roadway. SUVs also are prone to rollover when a tire blows out, or a driver must steer hard in one direction to avoid an obstacle then oversteers in the opposite direction to maintain control of the SUV. This is a basic evasive maneuver in other vehicles but can be fatal in an SUV.
Rollover accidents typically result in catastrophic injuries or wrongful death. The reason that SUV rollovers often result in such serious injuries is related to design defects in SUVs. Many SUVs lack sufficient roof reinforcement, which results in roof crush injuries in a rollover accident. The other common cause of serious injuries in SUV rollover accidents is vehicle ejections. Ejections account for 63 percent of all fatalities in rollover crashes and often result in costly and debilitating head injuries according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
If you have been seriously injured or have lost a loved one in a Mississippi SUV rollover accident, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries. Our experienced SUV rollover accident lawyers in Mississippi diligently pursue the best interest of our clients. We zealously fight for those who suffer injury or wrongful death caused by the negligence of others.