Pennsylvania Child Safety Seat Attorneys

Several new laws surrounding child safety in motor vehicles have meant that more children are being required to sit in specialized seats. These seats must conform to federal safety standards and older children may have to sit in special booster seats when riding in cars. While the goal of these measures is to ensure that children are as safe as possible while in a car, the potential for hazards and accidents may be on the rise.

Child safety seats are notorious for having manufacturing problems or being incorrectly installed in the cars to begin with. These malfunctions have led to a rash of injuries and deaths around the country. Because parents and drivers are required to have these special seats in their cars, the potential for danger can also increase if certain measures are not taken beforehand.

In Pennsylvania, child safety seats must be installed correctly each and every time. Statistics have shown that parents and other drivers are still incorrectly attaching the child safety seats to their vehicles, however. This increases the chance for injury, often even more than if the child was not in a safety seat at all, and it may not be the fault of the driver or parent. Manufacturers of child safety seats can, at times, be responsible for injury to the child even if the seat was incorrectly installed.

Child safety seats are also made of several complicated pieces and parts. The proper function of the unit as a whole depends on the tiny parts that the seat is made of. If even a very small piece fails to operate the way in which it was designed to do, the results can be particularly damaging. Latches, belts and straps have sprung free from restrained children and have led to serious injuries. Other child safety seats have been recalled from the market entirely after hazardous parts were found to increase the risk of injury and death to the young riders.

If your child has been injured in a car accident and you believe their child safety seat played a role in that injury, then you likely have a legal case to make. Pennsylvania child safety seat lawsuits can often provide financial and legal assistance to parents who have suffered through the injury or death of their child. These lawsuits can ensure that the seat makers do not repeat their hazardous behavior. Settlements from the suits can ensure that all medical bills, property damage, pain and suffering expenses and other related costs are taken care of for the family involved.

Contact our law office for a free, no-obligation consultation and learn about your rights when it comes to product liability and child safety seats. Reiff & Bily is a personal injury law firm located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is listed in the Bar of Registered Preeminent Lawyers International Edition. Our Philadelphia defective products lawyers have had years of experience dealing in product liability cases throughout the state and are especially interested in cases involving child safety seats.

Call or contact our office for a free evaluation and have immediate, professional and aggressive legal assistance on your side.

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