Products are constantly being introduced to the market. Many products have questionable designs – they look dangerous to use as intended. Regardless of the questionable look of some products, many consumers still purchase them; in some cases, consumers suffer incidents which lead to significant harm. This is the case with the high-back camping chair available online.
The Camping Chair High Back Foldable Camping Chair claims to be stable and durable; however, this claim can prove to be dangerous. Due to the design of the outdoor foldable chair, consumers who sit on the chair could potentially fall over and suffer harm; the risk of suffering harm increases if they are sitting next to a fire or a body of water.
Do you own an outdoor camping chair with a questionable design? Did you or a member of your family fall over and suffer harm? Regardless of the harm that you or a member of your family suffered, you might have grounds to pursue a claim against the company that negligently made the defective product available for purchase. If you or a member of your family suffered harm, you might have the right to sue – specifically, you could potentially file a product liability claim.
If you would like to learn more about the possibility of pursuing a product liability claim, do not hestiate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm immediately. At Normandie Law Firm, our lawyers have many years of experience handling all sorts of claims – including the product liability claims that arise due to defective products. Our product liability lawyers are ready to evaluate your claim and help you take action against the company that negligently made the defective chair available for purchase.
Why is the Chair Dangerous?
By just looking at the chair, most people would hesitate to sit on it. Although the chair might safely support the weight of consumers, the danger seems to be present at the time that a consumer would sit on the chair. No two people sit in chairs the same way; some people gently place themselves on chairs while others are more abrupt and sit more aggressively. Because the chair has a high back and the base of the chair is very low, the chair can fall over when more weight is put on the top/back of the chair before enough weight is on the base of the chair.
Without a doubt, falling from a chair can be dangerous. Affected consumers could suffer a number of injuries, including broken bones, head injuries, neck injuries, back injuries, sprains/strains, and lacerations, for example. However, because the chair is designed to be used outdoors during camping and other similar activities, falls can be even more devasting. For instance, campfires are common during camping. Individuals might sit around the fire and relax. If someone falls from the defective chair near a campfire, burns can occur. The burns could result in significant damage and vary in degrees; the burns could result in permanent scarring, nerve injuries, and other harm. What is someone falls from the defective chair near a body of water, like a river or a lake? Depending on the situation, the individual could be washed away or suffer drowning.
Regardless of the harm suffered due to the defective outdoor chair, it is important that affected individuals know that they might have grounds to sue for the harm that they suffered. After all, they would not have suffered any harm if the chair would have been safe to use and free of hazards/defects.
Product Liability and Your Right to Sue
If you or a member of your family suffered harm associated with a defective product, you might have grounds to sue the company that negligently made the defective product available for you to purchase. Do you really have the right to sue for the harm that you or a member of your family suffered? Depending on the details surrounding the incident, you could sue – specifically, you might be able to sue based on the concept of product liability.
Based on product liability, all companies owe their consumers a duty of care – a duty to ensure that their products are completely safe for consumers to use. In other words, companies must test and inspect their products to be able to identify and address the hazards present in their products before making them accessible to consumers. When companies fail to ensure the safety of their products, they are breaching their duty of care; this means that they are putting their consumers at risk of suffering harm. When a breach of duty causes an incident that results in harm to consumers, the company could be liable.
If a company negligently contributed to the harm that a consumer suffered (due to a defective product), consumers could pursue product liability claim. If you would like to learn more about product liability and your right to file a product liability claim, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm immediately.
Recovering Compensation
Based on the details surrounding your claim, a successful claim outcome could result in the recovery of monetary compensation. Although every claim is different, you could be eligible to recover compensation for at least some of the following:
- Medical expenses
- Lost wages
- Pain and suffering
- Funeral and burial costs
- Loss of consortium
- Property damage
- Punitive damages
The type and amount of compensation available for your claim will always depend on the details surrounding your product liability claim; therefore, it is essential that you discuss your claim with a product liability expert at your earliest convenience. When you allow the experts at our firm to handle your claim, you can be certain that there will always be someone aggressively fighting for your right to recover the highest amount of compensation available for your claim. If you would like to learn more about the compensation that you could be eligible to receive, do not hesitate to contact the experts at our firm at your earliest convenience. Our lawyers are ready to aggressively fight for your right to be compensated after suffering harm due to a defective product.
What Should You Do?
Were you or a member of your family suffered harm associated with a defective product? If so, there are a number of things that you should do to ensure that you could eventually pursue a claim against the company that negligently contributed to the harm suffered. What should you do? What can you do to prepare to pursue your claim?
Consider the following recommendations:
- Take photos of any visible injuries
- Take photos of the defective product
- Take photos of the entire scene of the incident
- Seek medical attention as soon as possible
- Contact the company to report the defective product and the harm suffered
- Do not agree to a free repair or a free replacement
- Do not agree to return the defective product
- Do not agree to a refund
- Speak to witnesses present at time of the incident
- Gather any medical records
- Gather records of the purchase of the product
- Gather records of lost income
- Seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm immediately
By following these steps, affected individuals are preparing to pursue their claims against the companies that negligently contributed to the harm suffered. For more about the steps listed above, do not hestiate to seek legal assistance with our experts at your earliest convenience.
The Statute of Limitations
Without a doubt, you might have grounds to sue based on the concept of product liability – as explained above. If you are interested in pursuing your claim, you must act promptly and file your claim within the appropriate statute of limitations. What is a statute of limitations? A statute of limitations is a deadline that determines the total length of time that claimants have to pursue their claims if claimants do not file their claims within the time allowed by the statute of limitations, they could lose their right to sue.
What statute of limitations applies to your claim? In California, product liability claims are normally subject to a two-year statute of limitations. What does this mean? If a claim is subject to a two-year deadline, claimants only have two years to file their claims. However, it is also important to note that certain exceptions (based on the details surrounding the claim) could apply. If exceptions apply, the statute of limitations could be tolled or extended. To ensure that you have a thorough understanding of the time that you have to sue, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm immediately.
Contact Normandie Law Firm Today
If you are in need of legal assistance, do not hesitate to contact the experts at Normandie Law Firm as soon as possible. Normandie Law Firm is a personal injury law firm with many years of experience handling all sorts of claims, including product liability claims. Our lawyers are ready to evaluate your claim and provide you with the guidance that you need to sue the negligent company that contributed to the harm that you or a member of your family suffered. If you would like to discuss your claim with the experts at our firm, do not hesitate to contact us at your earliest convenience.
At Normandie Law Firm, we offer free legal services – both free consultations and free second opinions – to ensure that all affected consumers have access to the legal services necessary to hold liable companies accountable for the harm caused by defective products. During our free consultations and free second opinions, our lawyers will be available to answer all your questions and address all your concerns; our defective product attorneys are ready to provide you with the guidance necessary to either start or continue your claim. If you would like to benefit from our free legal services, do not hesitate to contact our experts as soon as possible.
Our firm offers a Zero-Fee guarantee – meaning that our clients will not be required to pay any upfront legal fees for any of our legal services. Since our firm is also based on contingency, our clients will not be required to pay anything until after winning their claims (if they do not win, they will not be required to pay anything). If your claim is not successful, you will not be required to pay anything whatsoever.
Are you ready to discuss your claim with the experts at Normandie Law Firm? If so, do not hesitate to contact our lawyers immediately.
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