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 Cars and trucks often contain manufacturing defects that result in necessary repairs, recalls and, in some instances, serious injuries to drivers or auto occupants.
Among these problems have been defective parking brakes. In one Pennsylvania case, a baby was run over by a Ford pickup truck after the parking brake failed and the vehicle rolled over the infant’s head. In another case, this one in Nevada, a three-year-old boy was killed when the parking brake of another Ford pickup suddenly disengaged and the vehicle rolled down a sloped driveway. Both cases were litigated by Kline & Specter, P.C.. The first resulted in a substantial settlement (see the Bobb case), while the second, a celebrated case titled White v. Ford, went to trial and resulted in an initial verdict of $152 million against Ford Motor Co. Shanin Specter was the lead attorney in the White case, which was tried in Reno, Nev. When punitive damages in that case were reversed on appeal, Specter returned west and tried the case for a second time, this time winning again and obtaining a $52 million punitive damages award. If you or someone you know was seriously hurt or killed because of an accident caused by a suspected defective parking brake, you may want to contact a defective brake attorney for a free evaluation of your case. A number of parking brake problems have cropped up over the years in a variety of cars and trucks. A national class action was filed in 2005 against General Motors by owners of certain GM vehicles whose owners had to pay about $500 apiece to replace parking brakes, also known as emergency brakes. A year earlier, Hyundai Motor Co. was told to recall certain minivans because of defective parking brake cables in Trajet XG models built between 1999 and January 2004. Some parking brake problems may have never come to light, cases may have been settled and still others might only be being discovered now. Kline & Specter, P.C., with some 30 attorneys, five of whom are also doctors, has experience and expertise in defective parking brake lawsuits. Contact a defective parking brake lawyer today. Kline & Specter handles cases in the areas: In Pennsylvania: Allentown, Altoona, Bethlehem, Doylestown, Erie, Franklin, Gettysburg, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Hershey, Johnstown, Lancaster, Media, Norristown, Pittsburgh, Pottstown, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, State College, Sunbury, West Chester, Williamsport, York.
In New Jersey: Atlantic City, Cape May, Cherry Hill, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, New Brunswick, Montclair, Newark, New Brunswick, Trenton, Union City, Voorhees. In Delaware: Dover and Newark regions. *** Kline & Specter handles major cases throughout the United States. Select a state: Alabama AL, Alaska AK, Arizona AZ, Arkansas AR, California CA, Colorado CO, Connecticut CT, Delaware DE, District of Columbia DC, Florida FL, Georgia GA, Hawaii HI, Idaho ID, Illinois IL, Indiana IN, Iowa IA, Kansas KS, Kentucky KY, Louisiana LA, Maine ME, Maryland MD, Massachusetts MA, Michigan MI, Minnesota MN, Mississippi MS, Missouri MO, Montana MT, Nebraska NE, Nevada NV, New Hampshire NH, New Jersey NJ, New Mexico NM, New York NY, North Carolina NC, North Dakota ND, Ohio OH, Oklahoma OK, Oregon OR, Pennsylvania PA, Rhode Island RI, South Carolina SC, South Dakota SD, Tennessee TN, Texas TX, Utah UT, Vermont VT, Virginia VA, Washington WA, West Virginia WV, Wisconsin WI, Wyoming WY. Disclaimer: Kline & Specter, P.C. only provides legal advice after having entered into an attorney client relationship, which our website specifically does not create. It is imperative that any action taken be done on advice of counsel. Because every case is different, the descriptions of awards and cases previously handled are not meant to be a guarantee of success. The firm practices law in New Jersey as Kline & Specter. Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America and other organizations that rate attorneys are not designations that have been approved by the State Supreme Courts or the American Bar Association.
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