Jacksonville Auto Product Liability Wrongful Death Lawyers

If an automobile is defective in its manufacture or design leading to an injury or wrongful death, the manufacturer or designer may be liable for the injury.

Under Florida law, family members can bring a civil action for the "wrongful death" of a family member who died due to the defective product. The liability can be shared by any one or all parties responsible for bringing the product into the marketplace. That could include the maker of a component, the automobile manufacturer, the wholesaler, the retail outlet, the designer, or the company that oversees an insufficient warning.

Some automobile defects that cause injury and/or death might include:

• A defective roof that crushes in during a rollover injuring the occupants
• A top heavy vehicle that rolls in an accident
• A gas tank or gas lines placed near the area that would be most impacted in a rear-end accident causing a car to erupt into flames
• A car that allows occupants to be ejected in an accident
• Tires that shred or explode due to poor manufacturing
• Seat belts and airbags that fail to hold in a vehicle occupant during a crash
• Door and rear hatch latches that fail in an accident

While car accidents and fatalities are declining in Florida and around the country, this does not help the family that is going through the shock and disbelief as well as grief over the death of a loved one.

A Jacksonville auto product liability lawsuit will not compensate for the death but it will help offset the financial losses the family will experience as well as a loss of earnings, any medical and burial expenses. Manufacturers forced to pay for their negligence may finally determine the cost is not worth the risk to the consumer and fix the defective product.

Farah & Farah’s Jacksonville auto product liability attorneys understand how to evaluate your case and tap into the expertise of the best accident reconstructionists, consultants, engineers and investigators to prepare your case for trial. The other side knows we are serious and prepared to identify how the defective auto caused the wrongful death.

Let the experienced product liability attorneys at Farah & Farah provide the calm voice needed in this time of grief, stress and confusion a wrongful death has caused.