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Defective Seat Belt Lawyer New York City Defective Seat Belts: Seat Belt Failure & Malfunction Are Responsible for Catastrophic Injuries and Death

Defective seat belts can cause serious injuries and death in an auto accident. Seat belts are supposed to prevent injury, but sometimes they are designed so poorly that they cause injury. In fact, it has been shown that a seat belt failure can be even worse than not wearing one at all. Although the use of seat belts has been strongly promoted in the United States for years because statistics have shown that they save lives, many children and adults suffer from serious seat belt-related injuries due to seat belt malfunction and poorly designed seat belt systems each year.

It is the right of all passengers and drivers to assume that a seat belt is going to protect you from serious injury in the event you are involved in an auto accident. Since the failure to wear a seat belt is responsible for thousands of deaths each year, most states require you to wear a seat belt. This is why it is imperative that the seat belts should be properly designed so that seat belt failure does not occur.

Many of the restraint system manufacturers and major vehicle makers in the U.S have been aware for years that certain seat belt systems are poorly made, and some have the ability to unlatch in the event of an accident, causing serious injury and even death. Some of the injuries that may occur as the result of a defective seat belt or seat belt failure include:

  • Spinal cord injury
  • Brain or head injury
  • Paralysis
  • Internal injuries
  • Amputations
  • Broken Bones
  • Concussions
  • Fatalities

Our defective seat belt lawyers work on a contingency basis, which means that you don't pay a cent until you receive compensation, at which point you are charged a percentage of the settlement.

There is no fee for our services unless a recovery is won.

We offer a free initial consultation. If you feel that you, or a family member, has been hurt or injured by a defective seatbelt and you wish to bring legal action to compensate physical and emotional damages click here to contact our seat belt malfunction attorneys for legal representation.

You may also call toll free at: 1-800-9-LIPSIG for a free consultation.

 

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May 26, 2009 - Our client, Amanda Dinnigan, a ten-year-old passenger in a GMC Envoy, was so seriously injured that she is now permanently a quadraplegic due to a defective seat belt in this General Motors designed car. Her medical expenses are estimated at approximately a half million dollars a year. Unfortunately, with the bankruptcy of General Motors, little Amanda may not be able to receive any compensation whatsoever for her devastating injuries nor for these very high continuing medical costs. Click here to see the full Daily News article of May 26, 2009. Click here to see the full New York Post article of May 26, 2009.

September 4, 2008 - Attorney Thomas Moverman's Article on Preservation of Evidence

June 16, 2008 - Lipsig Lawyers obtain $4.3 million for Albanian Client

June 13, 2008 - Manhattan Jury Awards $540,000 to Lipsig client struck by "Hit and Run" vehicle 

April 29, 2008 - Jury Awards $12.72 Million Verdict in Infant Lead Poisoning Case

January 22, 2008 - Stamina Products to Pay $105,000 Civil Penalty for Failure to Report Defects with Mini-Trampolines

January 15, 2008 - Toy Wrestler Figures Recalled by A.A. of America Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

January 17, 2008 - Cranium Cadoo Board Games Recalled Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Lead Poisoning Case - Plaintiff settled a case involving childhood lead poisoning at a mediation, for the sum of $1,300,000. This case involved a young girl who sustained lead poisoning from ingesting lead-based paint that was peeling and chipping from the walls of two apartments in Brooklyn, where her uncle and maternal grandparents lived. The settlement was paid by the two insurance carriers for the two building owners. The settlement will provide substantial payments to the child when she turns 18, and is greater than any reported sustained verdicts for lead poisoning cases in Brooklyn.

Infant Lead Paint Poisoning Case - Jury Awards $12.72 Million Verdict in Infant Lead Poisoning Case

Lead Paint Poisoning Case - Won a $50 million verdict for a young child who developed severe brain damage as a result of lead poisoning. The building owner where the child lived was found negligent.

Faulty Traffic Light Case - Won a $39 million verdict for a 12-year-old boy who was struck by an automobile because the City failed to install a traffic light.

School Assault Case - Won a $10 million verdict for a young girl who was violently assaulted in the stairwell of a City public school.

Subway Accident Case - Won a $9.3 million verdict for a 29-year-old man who lost his left arm and suffered an open skull fracture as the result of being struck by a subway train.

Automobile Accident Case - Won a $7.6 million verdict for a 65-year-old woman who lost her leg as a result of being struck by a vehicle that had skidded on an icy roadway.

Intruder Assault and Defamation - Won a $6 million verdict for a woman who was brutally attacked and stabbed in her apartment building due to poor security.

Defective Seat Belt - Won a $9.5 million verdict for the family of a woman killed by a defectively designed belt during a low-speed collision at a Bronx intersection.

Have you been seriously injured? You may be entitled to recover money.

We work on a contingency basis, which means that you don't pay a cent until you receive compensation, at which point you are charged a percentage of the settlement. There is no fee for our services unless a recovery is won.

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