Personal Injury Law

Hyundai Ordered to Pay Damages in Fatal Crash

By Edward Bills

A Texas jury has awarded $1.8 million to the father of a teenager killed in a 2007 rollover crash of a 2005 Hyundai Tucson. Sarah Goodner was wearing her seat belt during the crash, but was thrown through the back windshield because her seat was reclined too far back, the lawsuit claimed. Goodner was in the passenger seat. Her sister, Rebekah, who was driving, suffered only a sore neck in the accident. The lawsuit stated that consumers were never warned of the dangers of riding in a moving car with their seat reclined. The National Transportation Safety Board has sent letters to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, stating that a warning about driving with a seat reclined in the owner’s manual is not sufficient to keep drivers safe

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on May 05, 2010 (boomark / email).