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BMW denies responsibility in Rolls-Royce crash
By Zhao Wen |
June 6, 2012, Wednesday
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BMW went to court yesterday to defend itself in a lawsuit in which a Shanghai company blamed the defects of a Rolls-Royce sedan for the death of its employee in a car accident last year.
The plaintiff, Shanghai Fengxinge Crafts Company, also brought the car to the Minhang District People's Court yesterday, demanding 13 million yuan (US$2 million) in compensation from the German car maker and a local car dealership.
The accident happened in January last year when the Rolls-Royce suddenly lost control and crashed into the guardrail of a highway in Shandong Province. The driver survived but one passenger died at the scene, the court heard.
The Shanghai company said it bought the Rolls-Royce Phantom in March 2010 for 6.35 million yuan and the victim was one of its employees.
During yesterday's hearing, Fengxinge provided a third-party examination report to the court, saying the car's right-front tire lost pressure and caused the accident.
A BMW representative questioned the authority of the report and said fatigue driving and fast speed was the main cause of the accident. BMW also requested a second examination in the court.
No verdict was made yesterday after the hearing.
Last month, Shanghai General Motors reached a 300,000-yuan compensation agreement with a family who sued GM for the death of their relative in a traffic accident.
Han Dazhong was driving his new Cadillac when he crashed into a truck at a high speed on a highway in Jiangsu Province in 2010.
The family said the Cadillac had a serious quality defect as none of the car's six airbags inflated in the crash, but the court ruled that the car had no defect.
The plaintiff, Shanghai Fengxinge Crafts Company, also brought the car to the Minhang District People's Court yesterday, demanding 13 million yuan (US$2 million) in compensation from the German car maker and a local car dealership.
The accident happened in January last year when the Rolls-Royce suddenly lost control and crashed into the guardrail of a highway in Shandong Province. The driver survived but one passenger died at the scene, the court heard.
The Shanghai company said it bought the Rolls-Royce Phantom in March 2010 for 6.35 million yuan and the victim was one of its employees.
During yesterday's hearing, Fengxinge provided a third-party examination report to the court, saying the car's right-front tire lost pressure and caused the accident.
A BMW representative questioned the authority of the report and said fatigue driving and fast speed was the main cause of the accident. BMW also requested a second examination in the court.
No verdict was made yesterday after the hearing.
Last month, Shanghai General Motors reached a 300,000-yuan compensation agreement with a family who sued GM for the death of their relative in a traffic accident.
Han Dazhong was driving his new Cadillac when he crashed into a truck at a high speed on a highway in Jiangsu Province in 2010.
The family said the Cadillac had a serious quality defect as none of the car's six airbags inflated in the crash, but the court ruled that the car had no defect.
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