Car jacks or jack stands are convenient tools used to lift vehicles to allow for mechanics or car owners to address issues. Car jacks are relatively simple to use. Most people can use jack stands without issue; they can lift vehicles and drop them without ever facing any complications.
However, car jacks can be dangerous. More specifically, jack stands can be defective and cause the vehicle that is being lifted to be suddenly dropped. This can lead to property damage (which can vary based on the type of vehicle); the incident could also lead to severe injuries to anyone who is under or near the vehicle at the time that it falls (which could possibly be fatal).
Did you or a member of your family experience a jack stand incident? Whether the incident resulted in injuries or property damage (or both), you might have grounds to pursue a claim. More specifically, you might have grounds to file a product liability claim. If you are interested in learning more about your right to file a product liability claim for the harm that you or a member of your family suffered, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm at your earliest convenience.
Normandie Law Firm is a personal injury law firm with many years of experience handling all sorts of claims, including product liability claims. Our defective product attorneys are ready to evaluate your claim and provide you with the guidance that you need to sue the negligent company that made the defective product available for consumers. If you are interested to discuss your current situation with the experts at our firm, contact us at your earliest convenience.
Jack Stands Can Be Defective
Jack stands have previously been recalled. More specifically, jack stands have been recalled associated with the possibility of the stand to drop suddenly while under load (lifting a vehicle). Unfortunately, this can result in significant harm to anyone who is under or near the vehicle. Vehicles weigh thousands of pounds; a sudden drop can crush or pin the victim under the vehicle resulting in devastating injuries.
Some examples of the injuries that victims could suffer include the following:
- Burns
- Crushed bones
- Lacerations
- Nerve injuries
- Severed limbs
- Suffocation
- Traumatic brain injuries
Regardless of the harm resulting from the incident, victims and their families might have grounds to sue.
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Your right to Sue based on Product Liability
If you or a member of your family suffered harm associated with a defective product, you might be eligible to pursue a claim. That is, you could sue based on the concept of product liability. Based on product liability, companies owe their consumers a duty of care. Companies must test and inspect their products thoroughly before making them available to the public. If they fail to do so, they are breaching their duty of care; they are also essentially putting their consumers at risk of suffering harm. When an incident occurs as a direct result of a breached duty of care, the company could be liable.
In other words, if the defective jack stand causes a car to fall resulting in property damage, injuries, or death, the company that manufactured the defective jack stand could likely be liable based on product liability. That is, affected consumers could sue the company.
What if the defective jack stand led to the death of the victim? If a victim dies as a direct result of a defective product, the decedent’s family (surviving spouse, domestic partner, or children) could pursue a wrongful death claim. For more information about your right to sue after you or a member of your family suffered harm associated with a defective product, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm at your earliest convenience.
Your Right to Recover Compensation
As explained above, you could be eligible to pursue a claim based on the concept of product liability. If your claim is successful, you could be eligible to recover compensation. Are you really eligible to recover compensation? Based on the details surrounding your product liability claim, you could be eligible to recover compensation for some of the following:
- Medical expenses
- Lost wages
- Pain and suffering
- Property damage
- Funeral and burial costs
- Loss of consortium
- Punitive damages
- Attorney’s fees
The type and amount of compensation that you could receive will always be based on the details surrounding the claim; therefore, claimants interested in learning more about the compensation they could recover should seek legal counsel immediately. A product liability lawyer will be able to evaluate your claim and provide you with information about the type and amount of compensation that you could be eligible to receive. For more information about what you could recover if your claim reaches a positive claim outcome, contact our lawyers today.
What Is the Average Value of a Car Jack Injury Case?
The average value of a car jack injury case will depend on the case and the severity of the injuries. For example, there are instances however for average cases with severe injuries including TBI, Brain Damage, or Complex Bone Fractures which can Settle in the range of $1,000,000 – $15,000,0000.
What Is the Severity of The Injuries?
- Contusion and bruises that take a long time to heal
- Dental fractures with missing and broken teeth requiring dental work
- Cuts and bruises with gashes to the body and face
- Internal organ injuries requiring emergency and extensive surgeries
- Avulsions and tearing away of body parts
- Crushing foot injuries and limbs
- Amputation of arms, legs, fingers, toes
- Strain and sprain of limbs
- Fractured bones on body
- Upper truck of body compression
- Injury to arms
- Crushing injuries to body
- Head trauma and traumatic brain injury
- Laceration and deep cuts to bone
- Crushed legs and compression injuries
If you have experienced any of these personal injuries as a result of being injured by a car jack, you need to give our law office a call this afternoon. We are able to talk to you about your case, and review your next steps with you today, regarding getting your full settlement recovery compensation package in this type of case.
How Long Does It Take to Settle These Cases?
The time it takes to settle these types of cases will depend on the exact nature of the personal injuries sustained. Cases take time to settle because of the gathering of medical records and documentation for the case, as well as investigation by the parties and insurance companies.
Additionally, it could be the case that you are still undergoing medical treatment, or ongoing treatment or physical therapy for the personal injury loss. If that is the case, you may require more surgical procedures, more time to heal, have sustained a disability or have had the loss trigger other relevant health issues that now come into being. That being said, it can take several months to several years for these cases to settle.
Why Is My Lawyer Taking Long Time?
Of course, you may want to settle out your case “yesterday,” but you might want to think again. It is actually to your advantage to take the time needed to allow the case to settle properly. Here is the reason why. If you “rush” to settle your case, there is the chance that something will be missed in the rush to take a settlement on your personal injury claim. That is why your lawyer is taking the necessary and time needed to complete the process properly.
Contrary to popular belief, insurance companies settling out personal injury cases are all too happy to settle these cases ASAP! It is actually to their advantage to settle out a case as quickly as possible. The insurance company is counting on you not needing any more money, any more medical care, any more reviews from your doctor or any more surgical procedures in the future. They would settle every case on their dockets if they could!
But this will never be an advantage for you, if the insurance company “caves” and settles your case fast. You need to allow our attorneys to take all of the time needed, to ensure that you get the full, final and total settlement package that includes every dime that you require for your personal injury claim. That will include everything from lost wages to an upcoming surgical procedure. For this reason, we ask that you be patient, and understand that we will do all that we can to get you the full and final recovery compensation package that you need, for your personal injury claim for a car jack injury.
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What Should You Do?
If you or a member of your family suffered harm associated with a defective car jack, you might have grounds to pursue a product liability claim against the liable company. Immediately after the incident, you should consider following the steps listed below to prepare to pursue your claim.
After an incident, affected parties should:
- Seek medical care as soon as possible
- Take photos of injuries suffered due to the incident
- Take photos of the scene of the accident
- Take photos of the defective product (it might be visibly broken)
- Contact the company to report the incident and the defective product
- Do not agree to a free replacement
- Do not agree to a free repair
- Do not agree to return the product
- Do not agree to a refund
- Speak to all witnesses
- Gather any surveillance video that captured the incident
- Collect all medical records
- Collect records of property damage
- Collect records of lost earnings
- Seek legal assistance with a defective product attorney immediately
Is there a Class Action Lawsuit?
Can I file a class action lawsuit? How can I join or be a part of a class action lawsuit on this case? If the defective product harmed many parties, then it is likely that there is a class action claim in which you could participate. A class action lawyer can help you figure out how to join the specific class action lawsuit. In some cases, there might be mass torts rather than a class action lawsuit – mass torts are single claims against the same company. For more information about how to proceed with your claim, do not hesitate to contact our recall lawyers as soon as possible.
File Your Product Liability Claim Quickly
Undeniably, you could sue based on the concept of product liability. However, to preserve your right to sue, you must act quickly and file within the time allowed by the statute of limitations. The statute of limitations determines the total length of time that claimants have to pursue their claims. If claimants do not file their claims quickly, they could lose their right to sue.
What statute of limitations applies to your claim? How long do you have to sue? In California, product liability claims are generally subject to a two-year statute of limitations. This means that claimants have a total of two years to file their claim. This is a strict deadline; however, exceptions could apply – exceptions that could toll or pause the total length of time that you have to sue. If you are interested in learning more about the time that you have to file your claim, contact us today.
Contact Normandie Law Firm Today
Were you or a member of your family harmed in a jack stand incident? If so, you might have grounds to pursue a claim against the company that made the defective product available for consumer use. You can trust the product liability attorneys at our firm to provide you with the guidance that you need to successfully sue the liable company and recover the compensation that you are owed. Would you like to discuss your claim with the lawyers at our firm? If so, do not hesitate to contact us at your earliest convenience.
At Normandie Law Firm, we offer free legal services, which consist of free consultations and free second opinions. During our free consultations and free second opinions, our lawyers will be available to answer all your questions and address all your concerns; you can trust that our defective product attorneys will be available to provide you with the guidance that you need to reach a successful claim outcome. Whether you are interested in starting your claim or you have already started your claim elsewhere, you can trust that our lawyers will provide you with the information that you need to pursue your claim. If you would like to benefit from our free legal services, contact us today.
At our firm, we offer a Zero-Fee guarantee, meaning that our clients will not be required to pay upfront legal fees to speak with our lawyers. In addition, our firm is based on contingency; therefore, our clients will not be required to pay legal expenses until after reaching a successful claim outcome.
Would you like to speak with our experts to learn more about your right to sue? If so, contact our car jack defect injury lawyers as soon as possible.
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