Did a Defective Seat Belt Cause Your Injuries? We Can Help.
You never think you’d be hurt because of wearing a seat belt, but for
some car accident victims, defective seat belts can be the cause of even
more severe injuries during accidents.
If your injury happens because of the defect, you may have a products liability case against the manufacturer of the seat belt. Even though the manufacturer of the vehicle did not cause the collision, it can still be held liable if a defective seat belt increased the severity of your injuries over and above those you otherwise would have had from the accident.
When our law firm gets involved with a defective seat belt case, we investigate the cause of the accident, determining how a seat belt defect contributed to your accident. We’ll fight for your legal right to fair compensation.
What are the Types of Seat Belt Defects?
- Passive Restraint Systems. These systems have an automatic shoulder restraint with a manual lap belt. Because the shoulder harness is automatic, people sometimes forget or fail to see the necessity of wearing the lap belt. When an occupant is involved in an accident, the automatic shoulder or passive belt often fails to completely restrain the body. Occupants can have severe injuries, including decapitation, strangulation, paraplegia, and liver lacerations.
- Tension Relieving Device. This device creates slack on the shoulder belt to keep the belt from restricting the occupant's movement. Some of these devices fail to retract the belt after the occupant has leaned forward. This failure to retract causes permanent slack. During an accident, this slack can result in the occupant suffering severe abdominal injuries, fractures to the spine, serious closed head injuries, and facial injuries.
- Defective Buckles. In some cases, the buckle of the lap belt can fail. When this happens, the automatic shoulder or passive belt doesn’t completely restrain the body in a crash. Occupants can suffer severe injuries, including decapitation, strangulation, paraplegia, and liver lacerations
Did You Know?
Pennsylvania law requires seat belt use. But Pennsylvania seat belt law is enforced as a secondary offense. A secondary offense means that a driver can not be pulled over and ticketed for not wearing a seat belt. A driver must be pulled over for another offense such as speeding. However, if the driver is not wearing a seat belt, he or she can be ticketed for this offense as well.
Get Answers to Your Questions:
- Do you have a case? Find out the criteria we use to determine if you have a legal claim.
- Do you need a lawyer? See how hiring a lawyer gets you a better outcome.
- How much will it cost? You pay nothing unless we win money for you.
Important Defective Seat Belt Information:
- Find out about seat belt tips that help prevent unnecessary injury.
- Protect your legal rights. Find out about the steps to take after an accident.
- Learn more about the highly-rated law firm of Edgar Snyder & Associates.
- Read about the successful results we’ve secured for accident victims.
- Get a list of Do’s and Don’ts you're if in an accident.
Injured by a Defective Product? Contact Us Now For a Free Evaluation of Your Legal Case.
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