Child Car Seat Injury Lawyer
No parent ever wants to hear that their child has been involved in a car accident. Unfortunately, it’s a grim reality that many parents must contend with. Every year thousands of children are killed in motor vehicle crashes. In fact, it’s the leading cause of death among children in the United States. To prevent this kind of tragedy, parents purchase car seats to keep their children safe. Statistics show us that by putting kids in age as well as size appropriate car seats, they significantly cut down on serious and even fatal injuries.
But sometimes, despite parents being responsible and putting their children in car seats, they find themselves the owners of defective child products, including child car seats, some of which have been recalled. In just the last few years alone, hundreds of thousands of infant and child car seats were recalled for safety reasons. Handles were found to be defective possibly causing children to fall while being carried and defective mounting brackets put children at risk of injury during a crash.
As a parent, how can you tell if a child seat is safe and what should you do if the child car seat you purchased is recalled? The short answer is parents must strive to be as informed as possible and do some research. If your child’s seat is recalled, many times the problems that led to the recall can be fixed without even having to send the product back. Many time manufacturers will send replacement parts, free of charge to remedy the issues.
It is also crucial to understand how to use your child car seat or booster seat correctly. More often than not, seats are installed improperly which results in added and unnecessary risk for the child. One recent study found that out of 3,500 car seats observed, over 70% were being used incorrectly.
As a parent, when you walk into a store you are inundated with a host of products geared toward your infant, toddler, older child or teenager. All these products should come with a reasonable expectation of safety. Your child’s car seat is no exception, so it’s important to know the product’s safety history especially if it’s been used before.
In these tough economic times, parents sometimes opt to purchase pre-owned items. This can be dangerous as some car seats have been recalled or even been involved in a car crash. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has found that many thrift stores sell hazardous products, including children’s products, such as infant car seats that have been recalled.
Despite the many efforts of the government and retailers over the last several years in the interest of safety, children of all ages still suffer injury due to defective products.
If your child has suffered an injury during an auto accident and was properly riding in a child car seat, contact infant and child car seat injury attorney Jeffrey Killino at 1-877-875-2927 today. As defective infant and child car seat lawyers, they can offer you a free consultation on whether you may file a claim against a child car seat manufacturer.
