Post by Logan on Jun 23, 2016 22:02:34 GMT -6
Anton Yelchin’s Death Fuels Class Action Lawsuit Against Jeep Manufacturer
A class action lawsuit filed against Jeep Grand Cherokee manufacturer Fiat Chrysler Automobiles cites the death of “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin as evidence of the vehicle’s poor manufacturing.
Filed by the law firm Hagens Berman Sobel Shapiro LLP on behalf of Deryl Wall, Justine Andollo, Danielle and Joby Hackett, the suit accuses the company of an “unreasonable delay” in fixing a defect in 2014-15 Jeep Grand Cherokees that was known to create a “rollaway” risk.
The problem lies with the vehicle’s gear shifter, which has a design the suit says is “dangerously defective because there is no tactile or position feedback to the operator as to whether the care has actually been placed into the safe-to-exit ‘park’ gear.”
Yelchin was found dead on Sunday, stuck between his own car and a brick mailbox at his San Fernando Valley, California home, police told TheWrap. Yelchin’s vehicle reportedly was a late-model Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Read more: www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Anton-Yelchin-s-Death-Fuels-Class-Action-8322136.php
A class action lawsuit filed against Jeep Grand Cherokee manufacturer Fiat Chrysler Automobiles cites the death of “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin as evidence of the vehicle’s poor manufacturing.
Filed by the law firm Hagens Berman Sobel Shapiro LLP on behalf of Deryl Wall, Justine Andollo, Danielle and Joby Hackett, the suit accuses the company of an “unreasonable delay” in fixing a defect in 2014-15 Jeep Grand Cherokees that was known to create a “rollaway” risk.
The problem lies with the vehicle’s gear shifter, which has a design the suit says is “dangerously defective because there is no tactile or position feedback to the operator as to whether the care has actually been placed into the safe-to-exit ‘park’ gear.”
Yelchin was found dead on Sunday, stuck between his own car and a brick mailbox at his San Fernando Valley, California home, police told TheWrap. Yelchin’s vehicle reportedly was a late-model Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Read more: www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Anton-Yelchin-s-Death-Fuels-Class-Action-8322136.php