Atlanta Accident Attorney
Vehicle Rollover Accidents
If a friend or loved one has been injured or lost their life as a result of a vehicle rollover accident, there is a good chance that the actual vehicle itself is to blame. Yet in order to prove that the vehicle is to blame, you need to work with an attorney that has the experience and knowledge to handle such cases. You need to speak with the law firm of Kaine & Jones.
Rollovers Statistics
While all motor vehicle can rollover under certain conditions, SUVs or sports utility vehicles are involved in the majority of these accidents. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety,
- Rollover accidents account for 33% of all motor vehicle accident fatalities.
- More than 10,000 people are killed in rollover accidents per year.
- Taller narrower vehicles are more likely to rollover.
- You’re 75% less likely to be killed in a rollover if you wear your seatbelt.
- The majority of deaths in single vehicle crashes occur in SUVs as compared with passenger cars.
- Most injuries occur after the vehicle leaves the roadway.
Why Are SUVs So Dangerous?
- SUVs have a short wheel base as compared with the height of the vehicle, thus making them top-heavy. Attempts to avoid an accident, such as swerving or actual collisions frequently cause sport utility vehicles to flip or rollover.
- SUVs are intended to carry numerous passengers therefore adding to the weight of an already heavy vehicle.
- Most SUVs have large tires which are extremely difficult to control in the event that a tire blows out. In fact, numerous SUV tire makers have already been found liable for defects in their tire’s design.
- Many injuries or deaths in SUV rollover crashes are attributable to the roof collapsing - this is a serious design defect.
- Frequently, rolling SUVs cross into the path of oncoming traffic thus resulting in injuries to other drivers.
Common Rollover Injuries
Rollover accidents usually result in a wide range of injuries, including:
- Disabling neck and back injuries
- Broken bones
- Soft tissue injurie
- Internal organ damage
- Brain injuries
- Paralysis
- Amputation
- Sever burns
- Lacerations
For these injuries, Kaine & Jones works with medical providers and economists in order to accurately construct a lifetime care plan that accounts for the future medical needs of the inured and their family.
Compensation for Rollover Accidents
Kaine & Jones aggressively pursues compensation through negotiated insurance settlements or trial. We have succeeded on behalf of accident victims in obtaining damages for:
- Medical expenses
- All future medical care, including personal care for brain injury, surgery, physical therapy, skin grafts and other treatment
- Loss of wages and replacement of future earnings
- Reduced quality of life
- Pain and suffering
In fatal accident or wrongful death, we help families recover wrongful death damages for medical and funeral expenses, lost income of the loved one and the loss of consortium with that person who was so important in their lives.
Kaine & Jones, LLC handles rollover accident cases throughout Georgia
and the southeast from our office in Atlanta (Buckhead) and Clayton County
(Jonesboro). We offer a free, no cost-no obligation, initial consultation.
You have absolutely nothing to lose by calling our office – but think
of what you can lose if you don’t. Contact our Atlanta
rollover accident attorneys 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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888-KAINE-JONES
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