Crashworthiness

A potential area of recovery that goes largely unnoticed by the worker's compensation subrogation industry concerns catastrophic injuries in motor vehicle incidents involving the crashworthiness of the vehicles involved. Vehicle crashworthiness can be defined as the ability of the vehicle's structure to protect its occupants during an impact until the vehicle comes to rest. It is important to remember the initial collision may not be the cause of the catastrophic injury, rather, a defect within the vehicle may form the basis of third party responsibility.

Cohen, Placitella & Roth has been successful in obtaining large settlements and verdicts against the automobile industry in crashworthiness claims and looks forward to the opportunity to evaluate serious claims on your behalf.