Child Safety Seats

Bodiford Law Group - Auto Accident Attorneys

Serving victims of defective child safety seats

If your child or a child of a family member has been injured in a car accident and was using a safety seat, you will need very specialized legal guidance.

Child safety seat injuries

We trust child safety seats to keep our children safe in case of a crash. However, too often, the seat or vehicle is defective, putting our children at risk of being injured more than if they'd been without any child seat at all.

Common child safety seat failures

Of all the cases handled by our lawyers that involve dangerous and defective products, child safety seat failure cases are often the most tragic. Unfortunately, many vehicles are not properly equipped to handle child safety seats. However defective design or manufacture of child safety seats usually carries much of the blame.

Defects in the design and / or manufacture of child safety seats can pertain to buckles, harnesses, shell design, or padding within the seat. When any of these aspects fail during a collision, a child can be ejected from the seat and suffer serious injury.

A simple safety strap can greatly decrease the chance of injury because of child safety seat failure. The safety straps, or tethers, are features of some seat belts, and connect the top of the safety seat to the vehicle's rear panel. These tethers have been available for more than 30 years, but are still not required features of seat belts.

Our attorneys have more than 25 years of experience helping hundreds of families get the compensation they need after accidents due to auto product defects, including defective child seats. We work closely with clients and their medical care providers to ensure that full and proper medical care is given, and that we accurately gauge future medical costs, so that these can be provided for.

Regardless of the type of injuries sustained, the knowledgeable attorneys at Bodiford Law Group can support your efforts to prove responsibility and enforce accountability. Our personal injury lawyers are seasoned and knowledgeable, and ready to take your case to trial if it becomes necessary. They won't settle for anything less than what you deserve.

Contact our firm now or call 1-800-423-0160.

Our personal injury attorneys are available to serve clients throughout Florida, including the following counties and cities: Orange County and the cites of Orlando, Winter Garden, Winter Park, Pine Hills, Apopka, Bay Hill, Orlovista, and Ocoee; Lake County and the cities of Clermont, Minneola, Bay Lake, Leesburg, Tavares, Eustis, Mount Dora, and Lady Lake, Osceola County and the cities of Kissimmee, St Cloud, Narcoossee, and Ashton, Seminole County and the cities of Altamonte Springs, Sanford, Casselberry, Longwood, and Chuluota; Volusia County and the cities of Deltona, DeBary, Daytona Beach, Port Orange, Ormond Beach, and DeLand, Brevard County and the cities of Titusville, Port, Rockledge, Cocoa, St. John, Merritt Island, Melbourne, and Palm Bay; Polk County and the cities of Haines City, Winter Haven, Bartow, Lake Wales and Lakeland; Hillsborough County and the cities of Tampa, Tampa Bay, Sun City, and Brandon; Pinellas County and the Cities of St. Petersburg and Clearwater; and Sarasota County and the cities of Sarasota and Venice.