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Article Excerpt
The drunk-driving accident that killed 18-year-old Dereck Lopez was typical: A large pickup ran through a red light and rammed the teen's car in the side. But in an atypical lawsuit, Lopez's parents are suing the manufacturer of both the truck and the car, General Motors (GM), for building vehicles that are incompatible with each other in crashes. (Lopez v. Quino, No. 17-197104-03 (Tex., Tarrant County Dist. Ct. filed May 29, 2003).)
Because the front of the Chevrolet Silverado pickup was higher than most of the midsize Chevrolet Cavalier's door (which is designed to absorb energy from crashes and thus protect passengers), it also smashed into the driver side window. The car, a 1998 model, had no side air bags; they were not...
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