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.

Body shop lawsuit for roof. Lawsuit alleges that a domino effect of structural failures was set off after the collision due to the metal roof being glued. They would both be extricated after sustaining further injuries from the fire. Texas couple seeks 1m from body shop that glued car roof. According to john eagle s body shop director boyce willis state farm wouldn t pay the shop unless the repair was done according to its specifications as opposed to honda s.

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. 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. Instead of welding the roof. The suit cites honda s 2008 13.

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. 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. 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.