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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\"></p>           Is a car dealership responsible for an alleged manufacturing defect? <br /><br />Wouldn't most people go after the car manufacturer, assuming the dealer had no knowledge of the alleged defect?<br /><br />Why would someone alleged being injured by a car defect and then ignore the manufacturer and sue the car dealer? <br /><br />Someone should ask Ronita Harris those questions. <br /><br />On September 21st, she filed suit against Action Chrysler Jeep Dodge Inc. in the Marshall Division of the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that a truck purchased from a Jackson, Miss., dealership was unreasonably dangerous and defective.<br /> <br />Harris' son, Antonio, was driving his 2005 Dodge Truck in Marshall when he lost control of the vehicle and struck several trees. The truck rolled over and Antonio was ejected and severely injured. <br /><br />According to the police report, Antonio was not wearing his seatbelt at the time of the accident. Harris says he was. <br /><br />She also contends that the vehicle violated principles of crashworthiness, failed to provide proper restraint, violated the purpose of a seatbelt buckle, was not tested thoroughly, did not have adequate engineering analysis, and had a weak and inferior front structure and roof.<br /><br />She says the dealership should be held liable \"because it marketed and represented that said vehicle was safe, when in fact it was unsafe,\" and \"for allowing a defective and unreasonably dangerous product to enter the stream of commerce.\"<br /><br />If Harris proves successful-- and she hasn't offered any proof that she can be-- the precedent set by such a case would be dangerous in its own right.<br /><br />If auto dealerships are to blame for defective cars, should they start doing their own auto testing? <br /><br />How would that work out for consumers? With much higher prices, that's how. As questionable litigation continues to raise the price of automobiles, how high is too high in America?<br /><br />Here's hoping we don't have to find out.<br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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