While modern cars are designed to stay on their wheels even during high-speed collisions, certain types of impacts are still unfortunately likely to lead to a car turning onto its side or rolling all the way over onto its roof. Unsurprisingly, wrecks of this nature tend to be particularly dangerous to the people involved in them, even compared to other kinds of crashes that happen at similar speeds and under similar circumstances.
To make matters worse, effectively filing suit over rollover car accidents in Peoria can be more complicated in practice than many people expect, especially if the injured person intending to file suit was the only person directly involved in the incident. Fortunately, you have help available from the knowledgeable car accident attorneys at Phillips Law Group, where we are ready and able to take cases to a civil courtroom if necessary to get injured people paid what they deserve.
How Do Rollover Wrecks Typically Happen?
Any type of motor vehicle can potentially flip over, but rollover car crashes in Peoria are more likely to involve SUVs, trucks, and other vehicles with high centers of gravity than they are to involve sedans and similar vehicles that ride closer to the road surface. Speeding and drunk driving are also particularly significant risk factors for this sort of wreck, as are poor road conditions due to inclement weather or a lack of proper maintenance by local government authorities.
Rollovers that involve multiple vehicles generally stem from one car “T-boning” another — in other words, running front-first into the other car’s doors or side paneling — and causing the second car to tip over, or sometimes from one negligent car causing another to get into an uncontrolled skid. Single-car rollover wrecks likewise tend to stem from uncontrolled skids, which can lead either to the vehicle rolling over from its own momentum or from its wheels “tripping” on a curb, ditch, or some other surface not at the same level as the road surface.
Holding Someone Else Liable for a Rollover Crash
Technically speaking, there is nothing preventing a rollover car crash victim in Peoria from filing suit over their incident whether there is another driver directly involved in their crash or not. However, seeking civil compensation can be a lot more challenging after single-car rollovers, since many courts will assume — and not without precedent — that the wreck was entirely caused by the negligence of the driver in the vehicle that rolled over.
In some situations, though, single-car rollovers are caused partially or primarily by the negligence of a third party who was not directly involved in the wreck, such as a municipal authority that failed to fix a pothole or a vehicle manufacturer that designed and sold a fundamentally unsafe car. A qualified legal professional from Phillips Law Group can discuss the recovery options available in a specific situation in detail during a free, no-obligation consultation.
Contact a Peoria Attorney for Help After a Rollover Wreck
Rollover wrecks are uniquely traumatic and dangerous even by the usual standards of high-speed auto accidents. Recovering fairly for the losses you have sustained from this sort of crash may understandably seem like an impossible task in the immediate aftermath of the incident, whether you have experience with civil litigation or not.
The support of a skilled lawyer from Phillips Law Group will make a world of difference in your chances of obtaining civil restitution. Please call our firm today to discuss your legal options with one of our team members. With over 30 years serving the local community, we are confident we can help you in your time of need.
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