Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers represents those who have been injured due instances of seatback failure. Call us today for a free consultation if:
- You or a loved one was injured or killed in an auto accident
- The injury or death occurred because of a seatback failure
Seatback failures occur when rear-end collisions occur, causing defective car seats to break at their hinges. This forcefully sends passengers into the seats behind them, which can injure both the person sitting in the broken seat as well as the rear-seat passenger.
We have been representing those who have injured by defective seat backs since 1990 and have recovered over $750,000,000 for clients. We have handled countless cases just like yours and our experience will allow us to recover the most compensation possible after your seatback failure accident.
If you can’t afford to have your injuries treated after being hurt by a defective car seat, we can get you to doctors who won’t charge you for treatment until your case ends. Our 30+ year track record of success is why doctors do this for our clients.
We won’t charge any fee to handle your seatback failure case until and unless we recover financial compensation on your behalf. We won’t charge any upfront or out-of-pocket fee, as our only fee is a percentage of any compensation we recover.
Call us today for a free consultation, text us from this page or fill out this page’s free case evaluation form if you or a loved one was injured or killed in an accident involving a seatback failure. We can help you recover financial compensation for medical bills, lost wages, pain, suffering, wrongful death and more after a seatback failure crash. Call us today.
Compensation a Seat Back Failure Lawyer Can Help You Recover
If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in an accident involving a seatback failure, the lawyers at our firm can help you recover financial compensation for:
Medical Bills
Our clients often come to us already facing huge medical bills after sustaining serious injuries like spinal cord injuries or traumatic brain injuries. In addition, our clients sometimes need ongoing treatment in the future which generates yet more medical expenses. We can help you recover compensation for all past and future medical bills related to your seat back failure accident.
Lost Wages
If you’ve been injured in a car accident, you may have suffered serious, even catastrophic injuries which left you unable to work for a period of time. You could have also had to take some time off from work in order to receive treatment for your injuries. We can file a personal injury lawsuit on your behalf which seeks compensation for any wages you were unable to earn due to your injuries.
Loss of Earning Capacity
The injuries suffered in seatback failure crashes can leave victims permanently disabled, representing a loss or reduction of their earning capacity. We can help you recover money to compensate you for any reduction or loss of your earning capacity caused by a defective car seat.
Pain and Suffering
Seatback failures can cause both front seat passengers and rear seat occupants to suffer injuries which lead to physical pain and mental suffering. We have over 30 years of experience in accurately calculating the value of our clients’ pain and suffering and making sure our clients are justly and fairly compensated for their physical pain and mental suffering.
Wrongful Death
If you lost a loved one due to a defective car seat, while financial compensation will unfortunately not be able to bring your loved one back, it can help ensure that your family does not have to endure financial hardship due to your loved one’s passing. We can help you recover compensation for your grieving and suffering as well as the pain and suffering your loved one endured prior to passing. We can help you recover compensation for the medical bills your loved one incurred prior to passing as well as their funeral and burial costs. We can help you recover compensation for the loss of your loved one’s companionship, household services, love, income and spousal benefits.
Why Do I Need a Seatback Failure Attorney?
If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in an accident involving a seatback failure, you won’t be able to recover all of the financial compensation you are entitled to without the assistance of a lawyer with vast experience handling product liability cases. Our law firm has been handling product liability cases since 1990.
Product liability cases involve product liability law, which is intended to protect consumers from defective products. In California, product manufacturers are strictly liable for injuries caused by their defective products. This means they can be held liable for injuries caused by a faulty seat even if the defect was not the result of negligence.
There are three types of defects which manufacturers can be held strictly liable for in California:
- Manufacturing defects: These defects are the result of something going wrong during the manufacturing process. The product is defective and dangerous due to an error in the manufacturing process.
- Design defects: Products with design defects are dangerous and defective even when used and manufactured properly. They are defective by design.
- Failure to warn defects: These defects occur when product manufacturers know or should know about dangers associated with their products yet fail to warn about those dangers and/or fail to properly instruct about how to avoid or mitigate those dangers.
Seatback failures occur when a car seat fails due to a defect – usually a manufacturing defect or design defect. Our law firm has over 30 years of experience in helping consumers hold product manufacturers strictly liable for product defects.
Car manufacturers are responsible for making sure that their vehicles are safe. When parts of their vehicles malfunction, leading to injury or death, they can be held liable for the injury or death under product liability laws.
If you want your products liability case to be as strong as possible, you’ll need evidence which we can help you collect. This evidence will need to be able to demonstrate that:
- The seatback is defective
- The seatback was defective at the time it left the possession of the seller
- Your use of the seatback was reasonable and you were injured by the seatback
If you have been injured by an unsafe or faulty seatback, you should contact us today for a free consultation, as you might have a case.
The Dangers of Seatback Failures
Vehicles’ main safety features include their seat belts and airbags. When seatbacks fail, seat belts and airbags stop being effective in terms of preventing vehicle occupants from being injured in accidents. Airbags are often unable to protect victims and seatbelts can fail to prevent occupants from flying out of the vehicle. Lowered seats can sometimes act as ramps, causing occupants to be ejected out of rear windows.
Other safety hazards which can occur include:
- Lost control: When seatbacks fail while vehicles are moving, drivers can be left unable to sit in an upright position. This can make it hard for drivers to avoid accidents before they can pull over and stop.
- Ejection from the vehicle: When high-speed collisions occur, seatback failures can cause vehicle occupants to be partially or completely ejected from their vehicle.
- Injuries to rear passengers: When occupants are in back seats when seatbacks fail, it can lead to rear passenger injuries when rear passengers are crushed by front seat occupants. Rear passengers can get trapped by seatback failures, leading to fatal or catastrophic injuries.
- Flying headrests: Defective headrests can become projectiles when high speed collisions occur.
- Blocked exits: When a seatback collapses, it can trap passengers inside vehicles. This can have fatal consequences, since vehicles contain combustible gases and fluids.
- Blunt force: Seatback failures can lead to vehicle occupants being thrown about vehicles during crashes. This may lead to severe spinal and head injuries which can cause permanent disability.
Who Is Liable for Seatback Failure Injuries?
If you’re riding in a vehicle that has safety features, such as seat backs, you are going to expect these features to function as they are designed to. Should your seatback fail, collapsing in a crash, it’s possible the seatback was defective. When this occurs, there are numerous parties you might be able to hold liable for your injuries.
Parties which you may be able to sue include:
- The manufacturer of the vehicle
- The manufacturer of the seatback
- The designer of the seatback
- The seatback’s testing or installation team
Proving a Seatback Is Defective
It’s crucial for your case that the vehicle with the broken seatback get preserved so it can be thoroughly and completely inspected. You may be tempted to, but do not get rid of or repair your vehicle.
Your vehicle will be the most vital piece of evidence in your case. By preserving it in its immediately-post-accident state, we can have an expert thoroughly analyze it for malfunctions, defects and additional evidence.
In order to successfully sue over a seatback failure, you’ll need to be able to prove that:
- The seatback was defective
- The defective seatback injured you
- You suffered financial, emotional or physical loss due to the defect
We can help you prove that you were injured by a defective seatback by:
- Consulting with specialists in accident reconstruction: We work with a network of the finest accident reconstruction experts in California. When conflicting testimony exists, or in cases that are complicated, these experts recreate scenes of accidents and figure out what caused accidents and injuries. Testimony from these experts can help to establish liability for injuries.
- Working with automotive engineers: Our firm works with automotive engineers in order to evaluate vehicles as well as find defects in components like seatbacks.
- Utilizing forensic examination: We have experts who do forensic examinations of the scenes of accidents, as well as vehicles, in order to determine how accidents and injuries occur. This involves assessing physical evidence.
- Obtaining testimony from experts: We hire expert witnesses who give professional opinions regarding cases’ technical aspects. This helps to explain complicated issues to judges and juries in a comprehensive fashion. The experts we hire comprehensively inspect vehicles to find any possible defects which may have injured you.
- Analyzing manufacturer records: We strengthen cases by establishing evidence of defects that are known. Our experts will examine the records of vehicle manufacturers for things like recalls, complaints and prior litigation. This is crucial in providing histories of defective or dangerous auto parts like seatbacks.
- Extensively testing vehicles: Our experts will sometimes do tests which simulate the conditions in accidents, using the exact vehicle involved when it’s feasible. Our experts develop reconstructions and visual demonstrations in order to help juries and judges to comprehend accident sequences.
Call us today for a free consultation if you believe you or a loved one was injured or killed by a defective seatback.
Is There a Time Limit to File a Defective Seatback Claim?
If you’ve been injured in an accident in California, you usually have two years from the date of the accident in order to file a lawsuit seeking compensation for your injuries. However, there are exceptions to this rule.
For example, in product liability lawsuits, this deadline can be extended if you only discover that your injuries were caused by a product defect after the two year time limit has expired.
In addition, certain circumstances can shorten the time limit. For example, if you were injured by a defective seatback but the accident was caused by a dangerous roadway condition which a government entity is liable for, you might only have six months from the date of the accident to file your claim.
Statute of limitations laws can be complex. Call us today for a free consultation if you are unsure if you qualify to file a lawsuit.
Call Us Today for a Free Consultation
If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in an accident involving a faulty seatback, you need lawyers by your side who have experience in holding product manufacturers liable for defective products. We have been successfully holding product manufacturers liable for their product defects since 1990, having recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of our clients.
Our firm and our partners have recovered countless settlements and court awards on behalf of our clients, including recoveries of $6,700,000, $5,500,000 and $2,100,000.
Call us today for a free consultation. Remember: absolutely no fee will be charged until and unless we recover compensation for you. Call us today.
