From stellar college basketball to freshwater and saltwater fishing, the Tar Heel state of North Carolina is certainly known for sports and sporting enthusiasts. Along with its mountains for skiing, climbing and hiking, the state also has many ATV trails for riders of all terrain vehicles.

Yet many rides on an ATV, with their expectation of fun and recreation, wind up costing the rider his or her life or causing a serious injury. That's because some ATVs, including the Yamaha Rhino ATV, have faulty designs which often can cause the vehicle to tip or roll over, thus seriously injuring or killing their occupants. It doesn't help that the Yamaha Rhino also tends not to have side doors, handlebars or a roof.

If you or a loved one has been injured or in any way harmed in a Yamaha Rhino ATV accident for which the manufacturer is at fault, a North Carolina Yamaha Rhino accident lawyer can help. Your North Carolina Yamaha Rhino accident lawyer can pursue your North Carolina ATV accident case until reaching a fair and just conclusion in which you may gain financial compensation from the manufacturer whose negligence caused your accident.

An ATV accident can be due to design

One factor which makes the Yamaha Rhino ATV a popular sales item, despite a cost of $10,000 or more, also leads to many of its accidents. That factor is the vehicle's narrow tires and narrow wheelbase. Such narrowness allows the Yamaha Rhino to be loaded onto the bed of a pickup truck for transport to an off-road ATV track or trail. But that same narrowness, when coupled with the Yamaha Rhino ATV's top-heavy nature, makes the vehicle highly prone to tip or roll over.

These accidents can occur even when the vehicle is driven slowly and over a level surface. Imagine how much more dangerous it is to use the Yamaha Rhino in the manner for which it is intended and marketed: roaring and rumbling across rugged terrain as part of a thrill-ride experience.

A Yamaha Rhino which tips or rolls over is especially dangerous for an occupant because that person has a natural tendency to try to brace his or her fall with an arm or a leg when the vehicle overturns. Since the Yamaha Rhino weighs hundreds of pounds, this can lead to tragedy. Many people have had arms or legs broken or even crushed in a Yamaha Rhino rollover accident, while others have suffered paralysis. Some even have had to amputate a limb after a crushing fall.

A North Carolina Yamaha Rhino accident lawyer can help

The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that 700 Americans could die and another 135,000 could be injured in ATV accidents this year. In North Carolina alone, ATV accidents have caused 300 deaths in the past 25 years.

When you hire a North Carolina Yamaha Rhino accident lawyer, you can have a chance of gaining financial compensation from the corporation whose negligence led to your injury. Such a lawyer will collect all evidence available in the ATV accident case and ensure that the manufacturer is held responsible for failing to provide a sufficiently safe vehicle.

Contact a North Carolina Yamaha Rhino accident attorney today and begin the process of traveling on your road to recovery. A North Carolina Yamaha Rhino accident lawyer can pursue fair and just financial compensation for your medical bills, lost present and future wages, and pain and suffering when such costs were caused by a manufacturer's negligence in creating and selling and unsafe vehicle.

 

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