Total cars defect causing injury to the Brain in children in the rear seats

Aaliyah George parents that they were doing the safest thing for her, when they are placed two-year of the car seat in the back seat three years ago. Then they were in what must have been relatively minor catastrophe.

Family 1997 Plymouth Neon has stopped at a red light when another car, which is just below 30 mph rear scheme. Instead of absorbing impact at the rear, however the driver's seat is at the front of the Aliyah collapsed and it hit in the head, causing injury to the permanent brain.

Now 5, Aaliyah is difficult time with basic tasks like banging the drum game. It can't dress himself. It needs essential care.

Family win product liability Suit against a manufacturer

Has its headquarters in Plymouth 1997 that broke apart and shocks Aaliyah faulty? This is not a manufacturing error--more than the actual seat of safety standards of the manufacturer, which are more stringent than those required by the Federal Government.

However, the parents of Aaliyah sued Johnson Controls Incorporated, the company that made seats for Plymouth Neon, stating that it unduly dangerous to the driver's seat. Head impact due to its tendency to collapse and fall back in the rear, it counted automatically defect although it to fulfil all the requirements for the safety of Federal.

The jury agreed and awarded Aaliyah 8 million dollars in damages for injury to his brain.

There have been scores of such injuries of children in the United States by drivers and passengers seats which collapse instead of drawdown of impact from the rear.

"Front-seat passenger was rocket that is returned and drive the brain of the child in the head," explains Georges personal injury lawyer. "" We are seeing serious injuries to the brain and frontal M〃glavinata is simply devastating to those young children. "

Lou D ' Aurelio, sponsoring the name Georges engineer describe what happens when one of the front row of seats collapses.

' Seat or body, or both its will in any sitting behind them. Most of the time these days to be a child. "

Currently cardboard or lawn chair may Tisza standard Federal safety

Standard for the strength of the seat back current Federal safety is so poor lawn chair and seat made of cardboard were able to pass on, says D ' Aurelio. The standard was established in 1968, and D ' Aurelio and other experts on road transport have been trying to change it for years. There are no specific safety standard for how passengers should be protected if the front row of seats contraction accident.

National safety of the highway says the Agency intends to update the standard of the strength of the seat back, but no decision has been made.

Control of Johnson plans to appeal the jury verdict.

"As a vendor, Johnson Controls seat follow the design specifications supplied by the manufacturer of the car and any performance requirement," says company, in a declaration.

"It is indisputable that the seat is in accordance with the requirements for the safety of automobile, which are more stringent than the Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS)."

Source: WMAQ-TV Chicago, "Shrink places, blames cause harm to the passengers," Lisa Parker, 10 November 2010

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