Your Pennsylvania SUV rollover accident attorney fights for your Pennsylvania rights

Numerous consumers in Pennsylvania have purchased an SUV because they believed it would be less dangerous than other vehicles on the street. Rather, the SUV is inherently risky to operate, largely due to a high center of gravity that precipitates disastrous SUV rollover accidents. Frequently such accidents happen with only a lone SUV involved. As a matter of fact, nearly half of SUV driver fatalities in a recent year were in single-vehicle rollover accidents. In other cars, just 20 per cent of fatalities were a result of single-vehicle rollovers.

An SUV, or sport utility vehicle, may be among the most risky autos on this nation's highways and roads. Yet the SUV has been extremely commercial in recent years, with more than a fourth vehicles sold being an SUV. But with this popularity has come a dark side: SUVs often roll over, and when they do, they often crush passengers when they turn over and their roof collapses. A skilled Pennsylvania SUV rollover accident attorney knows how to hold responsible the manufacturer whose design flaws directly led to such tragedies.

When roof-crush occurs in an SUV rollover accident in Pennsylvania, those inside the car can be killed or seriously injured. Such a roof-crush often leads to major head or neck injuries, as well as back fractures which can lead to paralysis. In Pennsylvania and elsewhere, these SUV rollover accidents can occur when an SUV makes a quick movement to the side -- a movement which normally would not cause a smaller car to overturn. Yet due to the SUV's high center of gravity, it often rolls over onto its roof, which then crumples, causing fatalities and horrendous injuries to those inside the SUV.

One of the most severe injuries sustained in a major Pennsylvania traffic accident is a head injury, particularly a brain injury. These injuries are tragically frequent among those persons who drive an SUV, or sport utility vehicle. That's due to the fact that SUV automobiles have a high propensity to roll over and turn upside down. As this SUV rollover happens, the SUV roof, which may be structurally unsafe, tends to crumple, seriously harming those inside. The ensuing head or brain injuries can be dibillating.

DISCLAIMER: Jim S. Adler & Associates is not licensed in Pennsylvania. Nevertheless, the Texas law firm does work with outside counsel and local counsel to litigate claims for Pennsylvania as appropriate.