Experts for the plaintiffs said in court documents that the severity of the crash and the seebachans injuries were the result of the body shop adhesive bonding the fit s roof during a 8 500.
Body shop lawsuit for roof.
A texas jury just awarded a couple severely injured in a crash 42 million because their vehicle a 2010 honda fit had been improperly repaired by a collision center.
Instead of welding the roof.
Texas couple seeks 1m from body shop that glued car roof.
The lawyer for the crash victims asserts that insurer pressure to cut costs caused the body shop to fix the car s roof with glue rather than oem specified welds.
Their lawyer argues that this outcome which barely avoided being the worst case scenario was due to a body shop performing sub standard work.
The suit cites honda s 2008 13.
According to john eagle s body shop director boyce willis state farm wouldn t pay the shop unless the repair was done according to its specifications as opposed to honda s.
They would both be extricated after sustaining further injuries from the fire.
Couple awarded 42 million for crash injuries after body shop glues on replacement roof the body shop claims the insurance company bullied them into performing a cheaper repair.
Both the passenger and driver were essentially crushed by the roof sealed in a broken vehicle being consumed by fire.
Tracy and the seebachans have refiled a lawsuit against state farm for its alleged role in influencing the roof repair which used an adhesive instead of being welded.