Nissan North America sued for $100,000,000

[KA-T_240]

Family Files Suit
The family of a woman and two children killed when the car they were in was struck during a street race in El Monte will file a $100 million lawsuit Tuesday against the two men involved in the race and the Nissan Motor Co., an attorney said.

The suit will state that the two men are liable for wrongful death, gross negligence and intentional negligence. It will also allege product liability and negligence on the part of Nissan, according to attorney Charles T. Mathews.

Dora Groce, 41, her 8-year-old son, Robert, and her 4-year-old daughter, Catherine, were killed in El Monte on Oct. 8. when one of two racing cars struck their Nissan Altima, police said. The Altima was broadsided on Parkway Drive as it came out of a trailer park and burst into flames.

Mathews said the "negligently created" configuration of the vehicle's gas tank and fuel system were to blame for the fire and compared the Altima to the old accident-prone Ford Pinto.

Mathews said that, according to information gleaned during autopsies, two of the victims survived the initial impact but subsequently burned to death.

Every car manufacturer whose vehicles are sold in Southern California has to know that vehicles are likely to be involved in collisions, he said.

He said it was his understanding that Altimas have been involved in several similar fiery crashes in the past.

Two men are in custody in connection with the crash. They are 19-year- old Robert Canizalez and 21-year-old Martin Marones.

The victim of the Incident was driving a Nissan Altima, the impact was so grate from the Ford mustang that slammed into the side of the Nissan Altima gas tank ruptured and ignited the car in a ball of fire, the lawyer who is representing the family who were Killed in the Nissan Altima is blaming Nissan North America for the street racing & Poor design , I honestly don’t know why Nissan North America is way responsible for this accident that was caused by 2 people street racing (one driving a Honda Accord) and the other (Ford Mustang) when the Mustang T-boned the car at an excessive speed.

Ok – so Nissan of North America sued for “street racing”

And a poorly designed gas tank location

I fail to understand this ?

It’s a tragic loss for the Family of the Nissan Altima but I don’t know or ever heard of a case with Nissan North America ever having an issue with Newer Nissan’s fuel tank or faulty gas tank location.

... wow

[StangerBanger96]

Wow that won't see the light of day hopefully...what a horribly frivolous lawsuit.

[Rexwagon]

yeah people are idiots.

[btleier]

I hope not, but we may be surprised. Seems you can sue for anything these days.

[amicheze]

Wow. Way to get greedy over your family members' deaths and use it to make yourself rich. I hope the rest of the family gets in car accidents as well.

[Guest]

well, IF it were a poorly designed fuel tank/location they may have a chance...but blaming Nissan for street racing is dumb...I blame Chevy, Ford, and Chrysler...I always hear stories of street racing from the "Good ol' days" of 396's going up against 427's and Hemi's..../sarcasm

[KA-T_240]

I have scene some reports that the mustang that hit the altima was travelling way over 100mph

[bubba]

KA-T_240;193301 wrote:
I have scene some reports that the mustang that hit the altima was travelling way over 100mph

Well in that case i'm sure most cars on the road would have ruptured gas tanks... There's only a certain amount of stuff the car maker can do for safety, unless they decide to put full roll cages in every car or something...

[Rexwagon]

I dont think the whole car racing thing is going to hold up in court

[KA-T_240]

I can see the suing the drivers of the racing cars. But suing Nissan cause your car exploded in a crash that is BEYOND anything they or the government even think about testing.

[91nbtsi]

Damn California hippies.

[assasain]

money hungry pieces of shit

[thrash]

lawsuits are basically a lottery, and who pays has more to do with who can pay than who is at fault.

[ichibankilla]

The Altima was broadsided on Parkway Drive as it came out of a trailer park and burst into flames.

I think this may somewhat explain this rediculous lawsuit.

[inspector01]

God damn mustang drivers........and i find the 100 mph hard to believe, a mustang doing over a hundred?? They would have needed probably 3 miles.

[MisterCMK]

[torbs]

I figure that we should just blame the mom driving the Altima beings she apparently didn't look both ways while exiting her residence...I dont care if the Mustang is traveling 100+mph...it doesnt take a lot of brains to look both ways and see if a car is coming...especially at night when one can see headlights...its all bs

[HandoEX]

torbs;193421 wrote:
I figure that we should just blame the mom driving the Altima beings she apparently didn't look both ways while exiting her residence...I dont care if the Mustang is traveling 100+mph...it doesnt take a lot of brains to look both ways and see if a car is coming...especially at night when one can see headlights...its all bs

Torbs, you are an idiot!!!

[D S ohM]

torbs;193421 wrote:
I figure that we should just blame the mom driving the Altima beings she apparently didn't look both ways while exiting her residence...I dont care if the Mustang is traveling 100+mph...it doesnt take a lot of brains to look both ways and see if a car is coming...especially at night when one can see headlights...its all bs

YOU ARE A DUMB FUCK. A woman and her 2 children were killed...burned alive. Go crawl in a hole and shut the fuck up.

[blindsp1]

x2^ at least have sympathy for the kids