Body Shop Lawsuit For Roof

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.

Body shop lawsuit for roof.

The couple s attorney todd tracy claims the insurance giant forced the body shop to use the adhesive rather than welding the roof. 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. 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. 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.

Instead of welding the roof. They would both be extricated after sustaining further injuries from the fire. Both the passenger and driver were essentially crushed by the roof sealed in a broken vehicle being consumed by fire. Lawsuit alleges that a domino effect of structural failures was set off after the collision due to the metal roof being glued.

State farm released a statement to nbc 5 saying. Their lawyer argues that this outcome which barely avoided being the worst case scenario was due to a body shop performing sub standard work. 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.