Defective Car Seat Accidents
When you sit in a car or truck, your seat becomes an integral part of the vehicle's safety system. However, in some accidents, seats can fail. When this happens, seat belts become useless and occupants are literally thrown around inside the vehicle, causing serious injury and death, not only to the person sitting in the seat, but to other vehicle occupants as well. Seat defects, like their occupants, come in all shapes and sizes:
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Was the seat ramp properly designed? The car seat ramp (the part of the seat that you sit on) should be slanted upward so that you have a better chance of staying in your seat in the event of an accident.
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Was the seat made and attached according to government regulations? Or, was the seat torn from the car because of the accident’s impact?
- Was the seat too weak to sustain an impact? A car manufacturer will sometimes claim that the seat should yield with the impact and then pop back up. “Yield” is just a car manufacturer’s code word for “fail”. When there is a passenger behind the front seat, however, the two people can hit heads causing brain trauma for both. We can prepare and fight for you in a defective car seatback claim.
We serve clients throughout the United States from offices near Kansas City in historic Lexington, Missouri. Our attorneys represent people who have been injured and families of those who have died as a result of accidents or defective products throughout the states of Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Put our national reputation to work for you.
If you or a family member has been in a defective car seat accident or seriously injured by a defective product, discuss your case with lawyers who care about your recovery and your future. Contact the lawyers at Langdon & Emison. We offer free initial consultations.
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