Las Vegas Injury Attorneys Help When Defective Car Seats Cause Harm
Parents rely on baby car seats to keep their children safe, and there are strict consumer laws in place to ensure that car seats comply with safety standards. Unfortunately, despite the rules and regulations designed to ensure that car seats keep children from harm, defective car seats are sold far too often — and innocent children suffer severe or even fatal injuries when this occurs.
If your child was injured because of defective baby car seats, you have a legal right to pursue a claim for compensation from those responsible.
LV Personal Injury Lawyers can help. Zachary D. Clayton will work with your family to fight for full compensation for losses and damages caused by injuries your child sustained due to a defective car seat. We can help you fight for the money you need to get your child the best possible medical treatment and help your child live the best possible quality of life after being hurt. We can also provide representation to parents and family members of children killed because of car seat problems.
Defective car seat cases are painful and difficult cases for families because children are so young when they are hurt. The financial consequences of injury to a young child can be substantial, not to mention the emotional damage that shattered families experience when babies are hurt or killed. Victims have the right to be fully and fairly compensated and our Vegas personal injury attorneys will fight for you every step of the way. Give us a call today to find out more about how our firm can help you pursue a claim for damages.
What Happens When Baby Car Seats are Defective?
If a baby car seat malfunctions, the car seat fails to provide adequate protection for a child in a motor vehicle. Baby car seat defects can become apparent in the event of an accident if the seat fails to secure the baby or protect from the impact of a crash.
However, car seats can also cause injury in other ways as well. For example, if a parent is carrying a child in a car seat and a defect in the seat causes the baby to fall or to otherwise sustain injury, this is still a problem that a car seat manufacturer could be held accountable for.
Often, when there is a problem with an infant car seat, the damages are substantial because infants are fragile and can suffer permanent injuries that necessitate lifelong care. Parents or surviving family members responsible for the care of an injured infant should take appropriate steps to hold the car seat manufacturers accountable and to recover full compensation, so there is money available to provide the highest possible quality of life for the child who was harmed.
Parents or surviving family members can also pursue a claim for wrongful death in Nevada in circumstances where a defect in a car seat resulted in the loss of a baby.
When are Manufacturers Held Responsible for Defective Baby Car Seats?
Manufacturers who produce baby car seats are subject to some of the strictest safety standards that exist. They are also subject to strict liability laws in the state of Nevada. This means that if there is a problem with a baby car seat, the manufacturer of the seat can be held accountable for damages even absent a showing that the manufacturer was negligent.
When a child and family suffer harm or losses because of a defective car seat, parents or other loved ones of the child can successfully pursue a claim to hold the car seat manufacturer accountable simply by showing that the car seat had a defect that was the direct cause of harm. In many other injury claims, showing negligence is necessary— but not in product liability claims under strict liability rules.
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Of course, there are also other grounds to pursue a claim against manufacturers of car seats as well, including negligent design or manufacturing; failure to provide adequate warning to parents of risks associated with the car seat; or breach of express or implied warranties.
In cases where there are car seat defects, it is common for many young children to be hurt and many families to suffer losses. Because of that, claims against manufacturers for defective car seats often take the form of class actions. A class action occurs when many victims harmed by car seat defects bring one big claim against the manufacturer of the problematic car seats. The manufacturer may settle and victims receive a specific amount of compensation based on the extent of damages, or the case may go to court.
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I suffered a devastating auto accident in Las Vegas due to someone else's fault. I was fortunate enough to call LV Personal Injury Lawyers who helped me in the most effective and client-friendly way possible.
LV Personal Injury Lawyers can help you to determine if you are better off joining a class action as a result of a defective car seat, or if you should settle privately with the car seat maker or pursue an independent claim in court.
Compensation for Injuries Caused by Defective Baby Car Seats
Compensation for injuries typically involves monetary damages for medical costs, loss of wages, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and wrongful death damages. While infants and young children do not have current wages, compensation in injury claims when children are hurt can often be substantial because kids may need a lifetime of medical care following a serious injury.
Parents should make sure to work with Zachary D. Clayton – an experienced Vegas product liability lawyer – to make certain they are showing the full extent of damages so they can be fairly compensated for losses.
Parents whose children are killed due to defective car seats can also pursue a wrongful death claim to recover compensation for actual economic damage as well as for the loss of the relationship with their child.
Getting Help From Defective Product Attorneys
Defective product attorneys at LV Personal Injury Lawyers have helped many families affected by car seat defects to get the compensation they deserve when infants and children are injured.
If your family has been harmed by a problem with a car seat, give us a call today to find out how we can help you.