The family of a high school senior who was killed\nafter her 2016 Nissan Versa automobile rolled over after being struck by\nanother car has reached a $1.5 million settlement with the car company in\nconnection with the girl\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ashlynn\nOverton, 18, a senior at North Augusta High School, was killed in July of 2017\nin Aiken County, South Carolina, on Highway 25 north when another car veered into her lane and struck her car\u2019s front bumper, causing it\nto roll over, according to an Aug. 6 story by The (Columbia, S.C.) State <\/em>newspaper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Overton,\nwho was not wearing her seatbelt, was ejected from her Nissan Versa and was\nkilled. Her car crash attorneys argued that the car was defective because it\nwas designed and built without a sensor that should have deployed the vehicle\u2019s\nside curtain safety airbags in a rollover crash. If the side curtain airbags\nhad deployed when the car roiled over, they would have formed a barrier to\ncushion Overton in the crash and could have prevented the fatal head wounds\nthat resulted in her death, the attorneys argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her\nfamily filed a lawsuit against the Nissan Motor Co., alleging that the\ndefective design of the Versa led to their daughter\u2019s death. The $1.5 million settlement\nwas announced in federal court in Columbia before U.S. Judge Mary Geiger Lewis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nissan\nhas been sued in similar cases in recent years, the story reported, and has undergone\nrecalls of millions of its vehicles for alleged faulty air bag and seat belt\nissues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overton\nwas heading to a convenience store with a friend before a sleepover at the time\nof the crash. The victim\u2019s grandmother had given the car to her as a gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nissan\nin a statement said the car was not required to have a rollover airbag sensor\nand that the vehicle did not contribute to the victim\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Legal cases like this one occur around the\nnation every day and are examples of similar kinds of car crash cases\nthat MyPhillyLawyer<\/em> attorneys regularly work on tirelessly for\nour own clients. Often, we are not able to discuss the cases we are actively\nworking on due to confidentiality requirements, so we discuss other relevant\ncases in the news such as this one to illustrate the legal situations people\nfind themselves in every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you need a car accident injury attorney<\/a>, we here at MyPhillyLawyer<\/em> stand\nready to assist you with your legal case if you or a loved one is ever\nseriously injured in any kind of vehicle crash, slip and fall, workplace\ninjury or wrongful death in Philadelphia or anywhere in the United States. We\npledge to make sure that you and your family get the compassionate, dogged and\nexperienced legal representation that you deserve and expect from a\nprofessional legal team which works hard to uncover every fact to bolster your\ncase and maximize your damage award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We represent the families of victims who die\nin such tragedies as well, to ensure that their families receive every penny of\ndamages that they are eligible to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Talk to a Philadelphia car crash attorney\nat MyPhillyLawyer<\/em><\/a> by calling 215-227-2727 or\ntoll-free at 1-866-907-2231 anytime and our experienced,\ncompassionate, aggressive team of attorneys and support staff will be there for\nyou and your family every step of the way as we manage your case through the\nlegal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n