A woman making a lane change in Ogden, Utah, triggered a car accident in the afternoon on January 4, 2009, when she overcorrected after realizing that there was another car in that lane. According to KSL News, the woman, Liliya M. Barinova, 61 years of age from Pleasant Grove, was traveling in Ogden with her grandson when the car accident occurred. Unfortunately, her overcorrection lead to her losing control of her vehicle, which was subsequently broadsided by a pickup truck. Barinova, sadly, died at the scene of this accident. Her 10 year grandson, who was in the car, sustained a broken arm in the crash and was flown to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City.
While it does appear that the woman lost control of her vehicle, it isn’t entirely clear that she is the sole person responsible for her death. The family should contact an Ogden personal injury lawyer to investigate whether the driver of the pickup bears any blame for the crash happening.
Another potentially huge issue here is whether Chrysler, the manufacturer of the PT Cruiser that Ms. Barinova was driving, failed to adequately construct this car so as to withstand side-impact crashes like the one she received. From the pictures I reviewed, it appears that the driver’s door became detached from the middle pillar, allowing it to intrude into the cabin where the driver was sitting. The manufacturer should have made sure that in impacts such as this one, that the driver’s door would stay firmly attached to the middle pillar. The family could very well have a “products liability” claim against Chrysler for what might be an engineering defect that led to Ms. Barinova’s death.
Published by: Ron Kramer
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