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Suing a car maker because an optional safety option was not purchased and installed in a vehicle.. Death from accident possibly avoided had option been installed.
Sound familiar ?
The family of a little girl who was killed when her mother’s car was rear-ended by a Jeep on a Phoenix freeway can sue the SUV’s manufacturer for wrongful death because it did not install automatic emergency braking devices that were available as optional equipment, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The court rejected arguments from lawyers for Jeep parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US that the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s decision not to require the devices pre-empted the state lawsuit.
The decision written by Justice Bill Montgomery also overturned a similar 2019 decision that said automakers were immune to such lawsuits because of the federal agency’s decision not to require the technology.
Sorry the little girl died, but how anyone other than the driver could be at fault is beyond me.
I have to run, I have 3 lawsuits to file against some car makers, since I've been rear-ended 3 times now.
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I know it has been done before. My memory is person bought the base model that did not come with the safety option. Seems to me it involved air bag before they became required. Don't have a memory of the lawsuit's result. Did find this story from 2000 about the Supreme Court saying car companies could not be sued over no air bags in older cars.
I should have gotten the optional airbag in my Javelin from the factory, or gone to an AMC dealer the past year or so to have it installed free of charge.
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The following is a list of children's books that didn't quite make it to the printing press...
1. What Is That Dog Doing to That Other Dog?
2. Daddy Drinks Because You Cry
3. You Were An Accident
4. Bi-Curious George