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Motor Vehicle Accidents and Car Design Defects

Every type of motor vehicle has safety challenges on the road, but some types of vehicles have more safety problems than others. In particular, we see some kinds of accidents more frequently, and with more serious injuries, in some passenger vans and SUVs.

This is all the more tragic because these are the types of vehicles often used to transport church groups, school groups, and children. They are also used in area theme parks for transporting groups.

If a family member was seriously injured or died in a car or SUV accident, in a rollover accident involving a roof crush, or in a car that caught fire or exploded, contact the Law Offices of Michael J. Meksraitis. We have successfully handled a number of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases involving auto defects.

Car Design Defects Contributing to Injury

Any accident can be dangerous, but some vehicles are designed in a way that makes it harder to avoid an accident and easier for passengers to be injured. Vans and SUVs are inherently more unstable. If the van or SUV has a tire blow-out, they become uncontrollable for the average driver.

Rollovers in unstable vehicles are often so violent that passengers who aren't wearing seat belts are thrown from the vehicle. In poorly designed vehicles, the roof can crush in to the passenger compartment, causing head trauma, neck injury, spinal cord injury, and death.

Investigating Crashes Involving Car Design Defects

Personal injury lawyer Michael Meksraitis works with experienced accident investigators and reconstructionists to understand the dynamics of the accident itself and how it led to the injuries. We contact every possible witness and person involved in the crash to get an accurate description of how the van or SUV was operating before and during the crash.

Your financial and physical recovery are our top concern. In some cases, our firm associates with other law firms in Florida or in other states if the injured person was a tourist on vacation in Florida. We provide our clients with close, personal attention and ensure that all necessary resources are brought to their case.

Contact our Tampa law office today. Mr. Meksraitis will aggressively pursue full compensation for your injuries. In a free consultation, he will take the time to listen to your story and determine how to obtain the best possible results. If you can't travel, he will visit you at your home or hospital.

The law office of Michael J. Meksraitis of Tampa, Florida, represents personal injury victims in the Tampa Bay Area and West Central Florida, including Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, Bradenton, Inverness, Arcadia, Brooksville, Dade City, Bartow, Wauchula, and Bushnell, and all communities of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Citrus, Hernando, Polk, Sumter, Hardee, DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties.

Michael J. Meksraitis Chartered, Attorney at Law
Florida Personal Injury Attorney
102 S. Westland Ave. | Tampa, FL 33606
Phone: (813) 217-5639 | Fax: (813) 835-0869
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