PRODUCT LIABILITY

Tire Defects

Defective tires cause hundreds of serious accidents every year. Sico, White, Hoelscher & Braugh has a national tire defect practice and is routinely called in to investigate tire failure accidents across the United States and in Mexico. We have worked at the forefront of tire litigation, including the highly publicized Firestone Wilderness AT and Radial ATX tire recall, and we achieved a landmark jury verdict in the only Firestone Radial ATX defect case to be tried to a verdict.

Sico, White, Hoelscher & Braugh has successfully litigated cases against the world's largest tire manufacturers, including Cooper, Bridgestone, Firestone, Goodyear, Uniroyal, Michelin, Kumho, Continental, General, Yokohama, Falken and other domestic and foreign manufacturers.

Proper investigation and handling of a tire case requires experienced counsel. Our results speak for themselves. The lawyers at Sico, White, Hoelscher & Braugh are uniquely qualified to handle your tire defect case.

Automotive Defects

Automotive defects can cause serious collisions, and many otherwise survivable auto crashes result in severe injury or death due to safety system failures. Properly designed and manufactured vehicles help drivers avoid collisions, and vehicle safety systems should protect occupants from severe or fatal injuries in foreseeable crashes.

We routinely handle cases involving rollover, handling instability, roof collapse, seatbelt failure, faulty airbag systems, broken seat backs, faulty door latches, defective glass and glazing, fuel system fires and other defective and unreasonably dangerous conditions.. Our cases have involved some of the world's largest auto manufacturers, such as Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Saturn, Nissan, Isuzu, Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Kia.

Successfully developing your case against an auto manufacturer requires skill, experience, knowledge and access to the best automotive defect experts in the world. Sico, White, Hoelscher & Braugh has spent years working with recognized authorities to develop a knowledge base of industry practices large enough to take on any automotive manufacturer. Taking on the world's largest auto manufacturers can be very expensive and difficult, but Sico, White, Hoelscher & Braugh has the experience and resources to effectively handle your automotive defect case.

Child Products

Unfortunately, every day our children are exposed to the hazards of unsafe child products. Often, the improper evaluation of an incident can result in potential claims being overlooked. Sico, White, Hoelscher & Braugh has handled numerous cases involving defective child products. Working in this highly specialized field, our attorneys have gained national attention for exposing defects in child restraints that unnecessarily endanger children's lives. We have been a staunch advocate for children and their families, and hope that the cases we prosecute can make a difference in avoiding future child injuries and fatalities.

The attorneys at Sico, White, Hoelscher & Braugh vigorously pursue the makers of defective child products in litigation and demand swift and appropriate action in these cases. Our attorneys will work tirelessly to guide you through the steps necessary to achieve a just outcome for you and your family in the event your child is harmed by a defective product.

Consumer Products

Unsafe consumer products routinely cause severe injuries and death in the United States, and in most cases, these tragedies are completely avoidable if the manufacturer would have simply exercised reasonable care, properly tested its products or implemented feasible safer alternative designs. Unfortunately, in many instances, our investigations reveal that the manufacturer consciously disregarded engineering recommendations, product testing failures and known safety risks in an effort to reduce cost and maximize company profits.

The lawyers at Sico, White, Hoelscher & Braugh have successfully represented victims and their families in cases involving defective consumer products that have caused serious injury or death. These cases have included defectively designed or manufactured consumer appliances, automobiles, vehicle safety systems, tires, firearms, disposable butane lighters, generators, vehicle fuel systems, industrial equipment, trailers, oilfield equipment, heavy construction tools and machinery as well as agricultural and farm machinery.

To properly investigate a product defect case, Sico, White, Hoelscher & Braugh hires experienced experts and investigators to evaluate each case and to preserve critical evidence before it is discarded, damaged, hidden or destroyed. We aggressively pursue makers of defective products in litigation and attempt to expose the truth about not only the product defect but also when and whether the manufacturer knew of the problem. Our goal is to determine why the unfortunate incident occurred, achieve justice for our clients and prevent a tragedy from happening to someone else.