Their lawyer argues that this outcome which barely avoided being the worst case scenario was due to a body shop performing sub standard work.
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.
State farm released a statement to nbc 5 saying.
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.
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.
The suit cites honda s 2008 13.
Instead of welding the roof.
The couple s attorney todd tracy claims the insurance giant forced the body shop to use the adhesive rather than welding the 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.
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.
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.