Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG) is recalling 794,247 child safety seats over
concerns that a harness safety issue could place a child occupant at risk
of serious injury during a car accident. If the harness locking and release
button doesn’t go back to its locked position, the harness might
come loose while the child is seated in the DJG car seat.
DJG will be giving consumers a remedy kit that will include a lubricant
that can be applied to the harness’s center front adjuster so that
it doesn’t stick. Even before the remedy has been applied, the child
safety seat can still be used as long as the lock/release button is completely
in the locked position and the harness has been properly adjusted.
Child Safety Seat Lawsuits
With car crashes as the leading cause of child deaths, it is important
that young children and infants are seated in child safety and booster
seats when riding in motor vehicles. However, as our child injury lawyers
have mentioned in the past, it is equally important that these child safety
restraint systems are free from defects so that they don’t malfunction,
potentially allowing or causing a child or baby to sustain serious injuries
during a traffic crash.
Unfortunately, there are child safety seats that do not meet even the
minimum safety requirements of the National Transportation Safety Board.
There is also the issue of inadequate instructions for proper assembly and use.
Our child safety seat lawyers know how to identify the safety issue(s)
that may have caused a child safety seat to fail, such as:
- Handle defects
- Faulty shells
- Base separation
- Poor construction
- Harness safety issues
- Inadequate instructions
Over the years, we have successfully represented children and their families
with products liability lawsuits against the manufacturers of defective
child safety seats.
Consumer Advisory: Dorel Recalling Nearly 800,000 Child Safety Seats For
Safety Harness Issue, NHTSA, February 14, 2011
Related Web Resources:
SeatCheck.org
Dorel Juvenile Group
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