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In the landmark case of Lloyd v. General Motors, the Court of Appeals of Maryland ruled on February 8, 2007 that the owners of vehicles containing a dangerous defect may sue for the cost of correcting the defect, even without a mechanical failure or physical injury to the plaintiffs. The record showed that in dozens of other instances around the country the defect had resulted in seat collapses and injuries to others.
Mr. Ring is part of the multi-firm legal team representing the Lloyd plaintiffs, and the case remains pending.
The plaintiffs in Lloyd are the uninjured owners of vehicles whose seats are poorly designed, as alleged in the suit, allowing the backrests to collapse rearward in a moderate rear-end collision, as shown in hundreds of incidents around the country. When the seats collapse, front occupants can slide backward, ramping over the top of their seats. This phenomenon has resulted in serious injury and even death to both front-seat and rear-seat occupants. The weak design, peculiar to certain models, is entirely avoidable.
Lloyd is significant because it permits legal action to save thousands of persons from predictable and severe injuries.
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Auto Seat Collapse
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