— A 29-year-old California man was killed in a 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat rollover accident, sparking a new Ford truck roof lawsuit.
Several Ford truck roof collapse lawsuits have been filed after a jury awarded a family $1.7 billion in damages after a Ford truck rolled over and its roof collapsed.
This latest Ford Super Duty roof collapse lawsuit was filed by Deborah Ann King, the mother of Anthony Contreras, who died when his Ford F-350 rolled over on Interstate 17 in Los Gatos, California, in Santa Clara County.
The accident occurred on the afternoon of May 16, 2023, when Anthony Contreras lost control of his Ford F-350 while trying to overtake a semi-trailer. The lawsuit states the truck overturned and Mr. Contreras died a day later.
According to the wrongful death lawsuit, the Ford truck’s “roof structure lacked sufficient structural integrity to withstand and protect the occupants in a reasonably foreseeable rollover accident.”
Although the 2008 pickup trucks met or exceeded all federal safety standards, the roof collapse lawsuit alleges the F-350 does not have “adequate passive restraint systems, including curtain airbags for head and torso protection that activate in the event of a rollover; and an inadequate seatbelt system, rendering the vehicle incapable of crashworthiness.”
The truck is allegedly dangerous, with the lawsuit alleging that the 2008 Ford F-350 has multiple defects.
The “A” and “C” pillars, windshield header and roof rails are defective.
The truck was produced without a “B” pillar.
The 2008 Ford trucks had “inadequate directional and lateral stability to keep the vehicle upright during cornering and maneuvering by an average driver,” rendering the trucks “generally incapable of crashworthiness.”
According to the Truck Roof Lawsuit, the Ford F-350:
“(H) The restraint systems, including, but not limited to, seat buckles, seat belts, shoulder straps, and retractors, were defective and unsafe, including, but not limited to, mis-latching, inertial unlocking, accidental unlocking, retractor failure, and systems that permitted excessive vertical movement of occupants, and the defendants and each of them knew and appreciated that these systems would not properly restrain the occupants of the subject vehicles in the event of a rollover accident, and in this case, these systems did not properly restrain the plaintiff.”
Additionally, the roof collapse lawsuit claims Ford never gave advance warning of the alleged defect.
Ford truck roof collapse lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court, California: Deborah King v. Ford Motor Co. et al..
The plaintiffs are represented by Bisnar Chase LLP.
Read coverage of other Ford truck roof collapse lawsuits.
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