Contact Texarkana Tire Defect Attorney Michael Grossman If You’ve Been Injured Due To a Tire Blowout
If you’ve been injured recently in a rollover accident because of a tire blowout, don’t anticipate the recovery compensation process for property damage and injuries suffered to be similar to seeking compensation for a typical car accident.
From a legal standpoint, there are several key differences between tire blowout accidents and other kinds of standard car wrecks. The only way to get the maximum compensation you deserve and to see all liable parties brought to justice is to contact a capable Texarkana tire defect attorney you can trust.
Rollover accidents often lead to more serious damage to your vehicle and injuries to you and the passengers, but without the right legal representation, your insurance claim could very well be denied. And, if your case should go to court, there are slight differences in the way these cases are approached, which could confuse an inexperienced attorney and jeopardize your case’s chances for success.
How Are Rollover and Tire Defect Cases Different From Standard Auto Wreck Cases?
For one thing, the chances of multiple responsible or liable parties in a tire defect case are quite higher than a typical car accident. If a blowout causes a rollover, the manufacturer is likely to be held liable for the rollover. In addition, several other factors could have caused the tire to fail, including:
- Improper installation and mounting of the tire.
- Improper maintenance of the tire.
- Whether or not the tire was intended for the vehicle it was installed on.
Besides the manufacturer, any party that was involved in the design, selection, installation or maintenance of the faulty tire could bear partial liability, at least for the harm created by the blowout. Several other factors involving the manufacturer may have contributed to your accident, such as:
- The design of the vehicle’s suspension regarding its resistance to rolling when both static and loaded.
- The crash effectiveness of the vehicle related to the ability of its structure to withstand a rollover accident, and especially the firmness and compressive strength of pillars A, B, and C.
- The presence and operating function of any additional safety equipment during a rollover.
- Many other factors.
Selecting the Right Tire For a Vehicle Can be Crucial
You may be curious as to why choosing the right tire for your vehicle can be so important. It’s only a piece of rubber, you may be thinking. In reality, the modern tire is one of the most important and complex components on your car. Different layers of varied materials come together in the tire to allow for maximum heat treatment and friction resistance. The ability of the tire to function correctly often depends on a variety of chemical and molecular structures within the tire.
Four springs make up your vehicle’s suspension, and the tires are frequently called the fifth spring because they are very important for the absorption and release of energy throughout your car. Unlike the leaf or metal coil springs in the suspension, tires do not have a fixed spring rate. Basically, if the tire is in good condition and suited to your car, it acts as a good spring, allowing your vehicle to lean as you change lanes or turn, without the car turning over. However, if the tire is worn significantly or not suited for your car, then the tire becomes a poor spring, and the car may easily rollover when turning or even swerving quickly through traffic lanes.
As your car moves down the road, the vehicle’s weight pushes the tires downward into a flat spot that meets the roadway. This is called the contact patch. At the point where the tire stretches to meet the road at the contact patch, friction occurs, causing heat to be released into the tire. It’s similar to the phenomenon where a paperclip heats up as you bend it back and forth. With your tires, the rubber structure can become affected by the combination of heat generated on the contact patch, the heat created by compression of the air under load inside the tire, and the absorption of heat from the atmosphere.
Tires are actually the only parts on your car that make contact with the road. Taking into consideration all the ways heat builds up in and around the tire, and the small size of the contact patch (about the size of a shoe), manufacturers carry a tremendous responsibility for ensuring their tires perform as they are intended. If a manufacturer fails to supply the right tire for a particular vehicle, then rollover accidents are likely to happen.
Simply Deserving Compensation Is Not Enough
Just suffering injury in a rollover accident isn’t an automatic guarantee you will be compensated for the harm done. You’ll need the help of a Texarkana tire defect attorney to investigate your case, find the needed evidence, and support that critical evidence with expert testimony to secure your compensation.
Because there are so many potentially liable parties in your rollover accident, you will need an experienced Texarkana tire defect lawyer that is familiar with investigating rollover wrecks in Texarkana to determine whose negligent behavior caused your wreck and then to hold them accountable with evidence. At Grossman Law Offices, we are aware how quickly evidence begins to fade after an accident, so we conduct an extensive investigation immediately, sequester and examine all the vehicles involved, and focus specifically on the tires in rollover accidents. We evaluate forensic evidence from the scene, such as skid marks and locate any witnesses or video evidence.
Yet merely having physical evidence is insufficient to win a case in court—you must also be able to convince a jury of the importance and validity of the evidence, and that often requires the testimonies of expert witnesses that interpret the wear and tear on the tires. At Grossman Law Offices, for the past twenty years our Texarkana tire defect attorneys have been handling rollover accident cases. We’ve developed consulting relationships with numerous experts who can influence the jury and sway them with facts to accept the evidence and conclusions presented to them.
After a Texarkana Rollover Accident, What Damages Can You Receive?
Although proving a rollover accident caused by a tire defect can be more complex than a standard auto accident, the types of personal injury and wrongful death damages an injured victim or their family can receive are similar to those for other types of accidents.
Injury Resolutions for Rollover Accidents in Austin
People injured in rollover accidents can seek compensation for the following:
- Property damage
- Pain and suffering
- Past and future medical bills
- Lost wages due to lost work while in recovery
- Lost future earning capacity as a result of lifelong disabilities
Just like a wrongful death claim for medical malpractice or work-related accidents, families of those wrongfully killed in a rollover accident can seek compensation for both wrongful death damages and survival damages. The purpose of wrongful death damages is to compensate the loved ones for the losses they’ve personally suffered. These damages may be pursued by spouses, children, parents, and in some instances, siblings. Wrongful death damages may include compensation for all of the following:
- Any medical expenses paid by the deceased before they died
- Funeral expenses
- Loss of financial support supplied to the family by the victim
- Mental and emotional trauma
- Loss of the unique and irreplaceable familial love and consortium provided by the deceased.
Survival damages allow the closest living relative the opportunity to seek damages the deceased would have been able to pursue if they had survived the accident. This right passes down from the spouse to the children to parents and finally to siblings. It may include compensation for:
- Property damage
- Medical bills
- Lost wages during the time the victim would have missed worked during the recovery process
- Lost long-term earning potential because of possible disabilities
- Pain and suffering experienced by the victim during the accident
- Emotional and mental trauma the victim would have suffered during rehabilitation
The Texarkana Tire Defect Attorneys at Grossman Law Offices Can Help
For an injured victim or the family of someone wrongfully killed in a rollover accident, there are various factors that complicate the process of securing the compensation deserved. Individuals without legal experience and attorneys with little experience have little chance of successfully wading through these highly technical cases. To ensure the best chances of recovery in a rollover case, you need a competent Texarkana tire defect attorney who has a successful track record and who is familiar with all the complexities involved in these cases.
At Grossman Law Offices in Texarkana, our tire defect attorneys have two decades of experience assisting victims of rollover accidents and their grieving family members secure the compensation they deserve for the injury done to them. If you’ve been injured, or a loved one killed in a rollover accident or any other type of tire defect accident, we can help. Call today (toll free) at 1-855-239-1290 for a free consultation with one of our tire defect attorneys. We’ll gladly answer any pressing questions you may have and help you start on the road to recovery.
