Trial Law Promotes Car Safety
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The impact of litigation on car safety.
Beginning in the 1960s and ranging from gas tanks, side-impact design, air bags, seat belts, and power windows, the civil justice system has worked hand-in-hand with regulation to protect Americans while spurring generations of safety innovations.
This report marks the beginning of renewed efforts to not just defend, but promote the importance of the civil justice system and the important work trial attorneys do every day.
The American Association of Justice, the national group of plaintiff trial lawyers, compiled the following data and produced a report outlining the safety impact trial and litigation has had on corporate promotion of profit over safety to consumers. The last century has seen safer cars and corrected consumer safety issues.
