Seat Belts Can Fail
Seat belts are designed to protect people in
automobile accidents
and
truck accidents; but they may not always function as intended by the manufacturer. A seat
belt that fails to properly function in an accident can result in the
injured accident victim contacting the Palm Springs
defective products
Lawyer at this firm to file a lawsuit against a car manufacturer and seat
belt manufacturer for personal injuries caused by a defective seat belt.
These cases are difficult because they go against the juror's common
perception that car crash litigation is always about who or what caused
the accident. As a Coachella Valley personal injury lawyer litigating
a defective seat belt case I would have to direct the juror's focus
on who or what caused the injuries and whether those injuries should have
been prevented by a proper functioning seat belt. If a driver or passenger
in a car is rear-ended by a high speed vehicle and is thrown through the
front windshield because their seat belt failed, the accident victim can
sue the driver of the car who rear-ended their vehicle and the car and
seatbelt manufacturer of their car in the same lawsuit. In such a case
the jury will be instructed that they must apportion the cause of the
accident victim's injuries between the negligent driver causing the
accident and the manufactures that are responsible for the seat belt failure.
The negligent driver is able to lay off some of the blame for the Plaintiff's
injuries on the car and or the seat belt manufacturer if they can prove
that the Plaintiff, the injured victim, would have only suffered a soft
tissue neck injury if the seat belt had not failed causing the accident
victim to be propelled through the front windshield and suffering a more
serious injury. Contact the Palm Springs and
Palm Desert auto accident lawyer
at this firm for a free consultation relating to any bodily injury claim.
Posted By
Barry Regar APLC
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