Has Your Child Been Injured Due to a Defective or Faulty Crib?
We all believe that our children are the most important things in our lives. Consequently, we all would like to believe that any products marketed for use by our children would be made with that same overriding concern for their safety.
The reality, however, is quite different; defective cribs, for example, come on the market more often then we would like to imagine and have the capacity to seriously harm or even fatally injure our children.
Contact the empathetic attorneys at our Law Office if your child has been injured or killed as a result of a defective crib, for you well may be eligible to file a product liability lawsuit. After all, you deserve compensation for the damages done to you and your family. Plus, you deserve to see justice done to those negligent parties who were responsible!
Product Liability Lawsuits
Depending on the details of the situation, product liability cases may take on many different forms. A manufacturer may be held accountable in the case of a defective baby crib that consequently causes injuries or fatalities. In this case, you may file a lawsuit requesting a fair settlement because of the manufacturer’s negligence.
You may still be able to hold the manufacturer responsible even if the crib was designed properly and a child was injured in that crib. Manufacturers are responsible for their products and any injuries sustained from them under the statutes of strict liability. The manufacturer in this case would bear responsibility for the product as the producer although not because of any unintentional negligence.
The Stockcraft Baby Crib Incident
A report recently released from the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission stated that more than 2 million Storkcraft baby cribs were unsafe and had to be recalled. The culprit in this case was the hardware that held the crib together; it proved to be defective, thus allowing the crib sides to come off. Over the 16 years that these cribs were jeopardizing children’s lives there were at least over 100 reported injuries throughout America.
This is not an isolated incident. The Stockcraft baby crib recall is but one example of the dangers that exist because of a defective product that can injure our children.
Our Law Offices Can Help
You will need an experienced attorney on your team if you are going up against a large national or multinational manufacturer. Our attorneys are ready to take on the army of lawyers that these huge manufacturers will field in order to avoid paying out a settlement. We can not only help you seek full and fair compensation for your pain and suffering but also for medical bills and other damages that you suffered as a result of your child’s injuries. We will fight for the justice that you and your child deserve!
If your child has been injured because of a defective crib or if you have lost a child because of a crib defect accident, please do contact the attorneys at our Law Office today. We are pleased to offer a free consultation and we are available 24 hours a day. Our attorneys look forward to discussing your specific case with you and to answering all of your questions.
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If you’ve suffered moderate to severe injuries while using a defective product or as a result of someone else using a defective product, our experienced defective products liability injury attorneys may be able to help you recover the compensation for your injuries you truly deserve.
Through over more than 20 years of experience, we’ve observed that many of our clients wish they had at least a working understanding of Texas’ products liability laws before contacting our firm. With that in mind, we’ve developed this introductory article and subsequent sister articles describing the following areas of Texas’ products liability laws:
Possible defendants in products liability lawsuits;
Defectively designed products
Defectively manufactured products
Products featuring defective warnings
Car accidents caused by defective products.
Possible Defendants in Products Liability Lawsuits
Injury victims should be glad to know that Texas law allows them the opportunity to hold all members of a supply chain who assisted in bringing a dangerously defective product to market for their injuries. A selection of common defendants in injury lawsuits premised on defective products include:
Product and component part designers
Product and component part manufacturers
Suppliers of the final product and its component parts
Retailers of the defective product and its component parts
Distributors of both the final product and the component parts from which it is composed
Defectively Designed Products
Texas law holds that a product is “defectively designed” when, due to its design, it’s rendered unsafe for it’s intended and reasonably foreseeable uses or is inherently dangerous. Unlike manufacturing defects, design defects affect a product’s entire product line. Thus, design defects are often featured in product recalls and class action lawsuits.
Defectively Manufactured Products
Somewhat similarly, products are deemed “defectively manufactured” when, due to some departure from an appropriate design, a product is manufactured so that it’s unsafe for it’s intended and reasonably foreseeable uses.
Products Featuring Defective Warnings
Finally, Texas law considers products that lack warnings of non-obvious dangers to be “unreasonably dangerous” for consumer use. It’s important to note that warning defects can quickly become quite complex, and thus necessitate the attention and care of only the most experienced products liability attorneys, like the ones at our Law Office.
Car Accidents Caused by Defective Products
Although discussed more fully in our article concerning defective products and car accidents, defective products are a leading cause of severe injury and fatal car collisions. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of defective products resulting in motor vehicle collisions:
Defectively designed and/or manufactured vehicle roofs in rollover collisions
Defectively designed and/or manufactured glass that shatters or doesn’t shatter as designed
Defective seat belts that fail to remain latched during a collision due to defective design or inferior materials
Tire tread separation due to defective design and/or manufacture
Defectively designed electrical components like cruise control sensors
Defectively manufactured mechanical components like braking systems and steering linkage.
Contact Our Experienced Defective Product Injury Lawyers Today
If you suspect your or your loved one’s injuries were caused by a defectively designed, manufactured, or product that featured defective designs, our experienced product defects lawyers may be able to help you recover the compensation you deserve. Call us today for a free and confidential consultation based on the facts of your case and more information regarding how our Defective Products Lawyers can help you.
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