Personal Injury Law

Illinois product liability lawsuit claims defective exhaust system caused brain damage

A trucking company has filed an Illinois brain injury lawsuit against the Illinois manufacturer of a truck they used in their business. The Illinois product liability lawsuit alleges that multiple defects in the truck caused toxic fumes to enter the truck?s cabin part and cause brain damage to one of the truck company owners. The owners state that they purchased a 2008 truck for nearly $150,000 from a defendant Illinois trucking company and financed through a company that also designed and manufactured the vehicle. The truck in question contained a diesel particulate filter regeneration system known as a Regan system designed by one of the defendants.

The Illinois product liability lawsuit further contends that the owners have been forced to submit the truck to the defendants? service facilities several times since purchasing the vehicle because of various defects and malfunctioning component parts. The defendants were unable to fix the defects and deficiencies.

The Illinois brain injury lawsuit states that the defective truck caused one of the owners to become overcome by toxic and poisonous fumes. The owner has sustained serious and permanent brain damage. She now suffers from memory loss, changes in her personality and behavior, loss of income, and a permanent diminution in her future employability.

The owners blame the Illinois trucking company for their part in the problem, alleging that the company was negligent in delivering a dangerous and defective truck and failed to warn the purchasers of the hazardous condition with the exhaust system an failed to deliver sufficient dealer preparation and inspection. The Illinois negligence complaint seeks a judgment of greater than $450,000.

More information about the Illinois product liability lawsuit is available at The Madison St. Clair Record.

Full post as published by Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog on April 25, 2010 (boomark / email).