Defective Seatbelt - KY Defective Auto Products Liability Lawyers

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) states that all passengers and drivers should wear seat belts as research shows that these safety devices cut the risk of a fatal injury from a car accident in half. The NHTSA research shows that over 2,500 lives every year would have been saved in car accidents if seat belts were properly used by motorists. However, in some cases, the seat belts themselves are defective or faulty, leading to more catastrophic injuries following an accident.

Product Liability Law

Seat belts can fail for many reasons including manufacturing defects, design defects, and failure to adequately warn consumers regarding the use of a seat belt, which can all lead to personal injury or product liability cases. Product liability cases are lawsuits in which there is strict liability. This means that all a victim has to prove is that the product was defective and placed into the stream of commerce. This typically is an easier burden to meet for victims and can help them recover compensation for their medical bills, loss of wages due to their inability to return to work or pain and suffering.

Types of Seat Belt Failures

There are many ways a seat belt can fail including failing to restrain a driver or passenger, unlatching during an actual accident, detaching from the vehicle, or false latching, where an occupant of a vehicle believes that a seat belt is appropriately latched when it is not. If the materials used to make the seat belt are defective or faulty in any way, it may make the material rip or tear during a collision providing little to no protection for the wearer. In other cases, design flaws may fail to anchor the seat belt appropriately to the vehicle itself.

Injuries From Seat Belt Failure

When seat belt failure occurs in an auto accident, injuries can be severe or even fatal. The initial impact of the accident leads to a second (or multiple) impact when a seatbelt fails. Some of the most common types of injuries involved in seat belt failure include:

• Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
• Spinal cord injuries (SCI)
• Neck and back injuries (including Whiplash)
• Broken and Fractured Bones
• Aortic Dissection
• Internal Bleeding and Internal Organ Damage
• Nerve Damage
• Paralysis
• Amputation
• Child Injuries
• Fatality

Contact an Experienced Attorney Today

If you were involved in an accident that included injuries related to a defective or faulty seat belt, you have the legal right to pursue compensation from the negligent manufacturer or designer of that seat belt.

The Kentucky injury lawyers at Dallas & Turner, PLLC can give you peace of mind knowing you have attorneys who are experienced in dealing with defective auto products such as defective seat belts.

We will ensure that you are receiving the proper medical attention, preserve your evidence, and build your crashworthiness liability case against the manufacturer. Don’t worry about the cost, either.

We never charge anything until you get paid for your injuries and medical bills.

Contact an experienced product liability attorney today at 859-630-0666 today, or use our FREE online case submission form to schedule a FREE consultation.