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We'll thoroughly investigate your car accident to prove that a defective auto component caused your injuries and pursue legal action to obtain financial compensation.
Since the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act enactment in 1966, over 66 million auto parts and components have been recalled due to life-threatening safety defects. In addition, over 390 million cars, trucks, buses, recreational vehicles, and motorcycles have been recalled due to safety concerns. Auto part manufacturers, like any product makers, have a duty to ensure their products are safe before hitting the market. Poorly designed, faultily produced, or mismarketed auto parts may lead to serious injury or wrongful death.
Inadequate warnings of any dangerous aspects of the vehicle (such as a failure to place a warning label where required) that would not be obvious to the average consumer can be a reason to a hold the car manufacturer liable for the harm caused by the defective auto part. A motor vehicle may be found defective if there is a:
A defective auto part can come from the automobile manufacturer itself or a separate manufacturer, such as a tire manufacturer or an aftermarket part manufacturer. Even automobile accessories can be defective and may lead to serious and catastrophic accidents. There are thousands of recalls for car and truck parts every year, and many occur only after car accidents where people get injured. Recalled auto parts include:
When there are consistent reports of accidents involving a specific vehicle, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) often gets involved. The NHTSA usually conducts its own investigation, or orders the investigation by another organization and, if the investigative body finds a common defect affecting all of the vehicles, the NHTSA will announce the recall, but unfortunately, they come too late after several car accidents already occurred. Recent car recalls due to faulty auto parts:
Common defects in vehicle components and equipment including:
Defective vehicles and auto parts may cause serious car accidents, drivers and passengers may be left with debilitating injuries. Drivers and passengers after a car accident may suffer:
When either the driver, passenger or pedestrians get injured in a car accident, liability may rest with the vehicle's manufacturer or seller if the car or one of its components was found to be defective. Auto technicians and accident reconstruction specialists at The Law Offices of Sean M. Cleary will carefully investigate the specific circumstances involving your car accident, and our car accident attorney will evaluate your case. For product liability claims against an auto manufacturer, the attorney will need to prove that:
In the case of a car accident, since the car itself represents the main piece of evidence, it's highly recommended to:
Our car accident attorney based in Miami, Sean Cleary, has extensive experience recovering damages for clients who suffered serious injuries or have lost a loved one due to negligently designed or manufactured vehicles and auto component parts that resulted in a serious car accident.
Determining liability in the event of a vehicle part malfunction can be challenging. It requires a high burden of proof that we are ready to investigate on your behalf. We will prove your case and pursue fair compensation. If you or someone you love has been injured or killed in a car accident, contact The Law Offices of Sean M. Cleary for a free case evaluation today. We can help you get your claim settled as fairly and quickly as possible or take your case to court if the settlement is not in your best interest. We'll guide you every step of the way, deal with the legal and insurance complexities, provide helpful advice and ease your mind so that you can focus on your medical treatment and recovery.
If the manufacturer refuses or fails to offer a replacement vehicle or a refund for a 'lemon car' it is highly recommended that you hire an attorney to help you sue. The so-called 'Lemon Law' provides legal recourse for the purchase or lease of a defective new car that repeatedly fails to meet standards of quality after a minimum of three repairs or 30 days out of service.
View full answerYes, you may be entitled to receive damages even if the car does not belong to you. However, you will have to prove that the component was unreasonably dangerous, that you were operating it as intended and were not aware of the defects, and that you suffered losses as a result of the accident.
View full answerInjuries caused by a car’s crashworthiness are compensated separately from those caused by the accident itself. You can sue the driver at fault for compensation for your injuries, and you can also sue the manufacturer of the car or car part showing that the defect caused or exacerbated your injuries.
View full answerThe compensation that you can get for being injured due to a defective car part generally consists of economic and non-economic damages. More precisely, victims or the victims' families can receive compensation for medical expenses, treatments, funeral costs, present and future lost wages, pain and suffering, inconvenience etc. In certain cases, punitive damages may be awarded to encourage manufacturers to fix inherent defects.
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