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Vehicle Fires – Car, Truck, SUV and
other Automobile Fires |
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| Vehicle fires can be started by defective gas
tanks which explode during collisions, faulty cruise
control switches which can spark and various other
causes but can easily spread to homes or other
structures, causing significant property damage
as well as severe danger to human life. |
- One in every four fire department responses
is to a vehicle fire.
- Mechanical or design
problems are the leading cause of vehicle
fires.
- Electrical wiring and fuel are typically
the material which ignites in vehicle fires.
- Fires that occur after a collision are
the leading cause of vehicle-related deaths.
- Mechanical and design failures are the
leading cause of vehicle injuries, many of
which are due to the victim’s attempt
to control the car fire.
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Our Promise |
- Our lawyers
have years of experience successfully representing clients
in personal injury cases.
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is no charge or obligation for our review of your case.
- In death
and serious injury cases, we are pleased to visit you where
you live, at no cost, to discuss your legal rights and answer
your questions.
- We have
retained product safety and medical experts nationwide to
assist our clients with their claims.
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| Founded in 1972, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP is an over fifty attorney
law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. For the last six years,
the National Law Journal has recognized Lieff Cabraser
as one of the top 20 plaintiff law firms in America. |
| For our personal injury cases, we bring a team of experienced
lawyers. Each client is assigned an individual lawyer. In addition, we have
on staff multiple nurses, legal assistants, scientific analysts and case
clerks to assist the attorneys. To learn more about our firm, click
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Notice: Personal Injury Lawyer America is an electronic newsletter
from Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP. Lieff Cabraser
represents clients in a wide range of cases, including personal
injury and wrongful
death lawsuits. Our personal injury attorneys
| lawyers are committed to providing the very best representation
and support possible for our clients. This website provides information
on the legal rights of the injured and the latest news on product
defects and related lawsuits. |
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About Lieff Cabraser: We have
offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Our lawyers have
represented clients in personal injury, wrongful death and
rollover crashes and product defect lawsuits across America, including
residents of Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland,
Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada,
New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin,
West Virginia and Wyoming.
Among the cases our personal injury
attorneys are prosecuting are the Medtronic heart lead recall, the
AMO contact lens solution recall, the Peter Pan peanut butter recall, Guidant
pacemaker defects, SUV
rollover accidents, popcorn
workers lung injuries, and Ford
switch fires.
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