We depend on manufacturers and sellers of child
car seats and child booster seats to provide our children with the most reliable restraint
systems and safety equipment, for that equipment to work when needed. No compromises are
permitted.
Unfortunately, some child restraints, safety
seats, car seats, and booster seats are not properly designed or manufactured, and then fail
when called upon in a collision. The results can be devastating. Injuries that can last a
lifetime, alter a family’s course, and financially ruin the family.
There are many questions that must be asked
when seeking to protect the child and family against the additional burdens and consequences
that follow catastrophic child injuries:
- Did any component or part of the child
seat or booster seat fail?
- Did the child seat does meet industry
standards for safety?
- Did the child seat meet minimal
government standards?
- Are there better alternative
designs?
- Was the child seat or booster seat
compatible with the vehicle it was installed in?
- To what extent, if any, was the child
seat or booster seat marketed as being compatible with all vehicles?
- Did the vehicle have the LATCH system,
or was the LATCH system functional?
- What role did the retailer/seller have
in marketing the child seat or booster seat?
- Did the retailer/seller salesperson
make any [improper] representations about the child seat or booster
seat?
Those manufacturers and retailers sellers who
put profit over child safety, and make or sell defective or dangerous child safety seats or
booster seats, should be held accountable.
Defective Child Care Seat
Lawsuit
Holding the manufacturer or seller accountable
defective child car seat, defective child safety seat, or defective booster seat which resulted
in serious injury or death is an important step in preventing other parents from having to
suffer through such painful experiences.
A product liability lawsuit can also encourage
a manufacturer or seller to improve the design or manufacturing process to eliminate defects
from their future products. Of course, a product liability lawsuit is also an important
means to secure financial stability in the face of mounting medical bills, rehabilitation
bills, therapies, and other interventions for your injured child.
If your child has been injured by
defective child safety seat, child booster seat, or car seat, then contact a personal injury attorney at our firm.
In some child car seat defect claims, we may
co-counsel, or jointly prosecute your serious personal injury claim or wrongful death claim
with a another injury lawyer whom we know and trust.