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« Back to Automobile Accidents Defective SUV Rollover/Seat Belt/Defective Door LatchIn The Estate of Omar Rodriguez v. Mitsubishi, The deceased, Omar Rodriguez, was a 21-year-old single, college student with 1 child, six months old, when this tragedy occurred. Omar was wearing a seat belt while a front seat passenger in a 2002 Mitsubishi Montero Sport. The vehicle went into the median of the Florida Turnpike where it rolled over several times. Omar was killed when his body, even though seat-belted, went out the passenger door due to a defective seatbelt and a defective door latch. Plaintiffs' attorney, Bryan W. Crews, advocated that the seatbelt was defective, since it had a 10-inch emergency management loop, which came unstitched during this rollover accident and allowed Omar's body to be thrown outside the right front passenger door when the door locks failed. The case was settled when we discovered through litigation that the emergency management loop/seat belt was taken out of Japanese vehicles, but not out of North American vehicles. Omar was survived by his mother and 6-month-old son. A substantial confidential settlement occurred which will not make up for the loss of a father. It was placed in a structured settlement, which will give him monies for a college fund, medical care, and a substantial lump sum on the baby's 25 birthday. Other Automobile Accident Verdicts:
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