Florida Injury Lawyer Blawg
Nuna Baby Essentials is recalling over 600,000 child car seats after fears that the harness adjuster may loosen, possibly preventing the seats from restraining children, the company’s Product Development Vice President announced last week.
The announcement comes after An October probe from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after a petition from the public. The recall impacts certain Rava seats – made between July 16, 2016, and October 25, 2023, – with plastic harness adjuster buttons. The issue with the car seats is the possibility of debris entering
Car seat owners may contact Nuna’s customer service at 1-855-686-2891 or via email at info.usa@nunababy.com.
Leesfield & Partners
Leesfield & Partners, a 48-year personal injury law firm with headquarters in Miami has had a long history of protecting the most vulnerable from negligence of companies and individuals alike. In a product liability case involving infant highchairs, Leesfield & Partners represented the family of a toddler who died after “submarining” beneath the product’s tray due to defects with the chair’s safety features. The manufacturer in that case had evidence that over a dozen other children had died by strangulation in these highchairs due to the same issue and failed to warn parents that the feeding tray may not be used to restrain their babies.
Leesfield & Partners secured a confidential amount for that family.
Due to the firm’s work on that case, industry-wide changes were implemented, undoubtedly saving countless more lives. In nearly 50 years of personal injury practice, Leesfield & Partners has been routinely recognized nationally for its work in product liability and defective products cases.
In car seat litigation, Leesfield & Partners previously represented the family of an infant who was killed in a crash after the airbag deployed. The child in their car seat had been placed by their mother in a rear-facing position in the passenger seat the day of the crash, as was shown on the product box. The child’s unwitting parents received the child restraint as a gift at their baby shower.
The case was settled with the manufacturer before trial in a confidential settlement amount.
Similarly, Leesfield & Partners represented the family of a 2-year-old who was killed in a tragic furniture tip-over incident involving a dresser. The incident happened at the family’s Central Florida home and, though the dresser was compliant with all industry standards and is not subject to any recall, the manufacturer did not warn customers to anchor the furniture to the wall.
The manufacturer settled the case for $17.5 million. As a result, changes were brought about in its entire dresser catalogue that would amend the lack of tip-over warning.
In another case that shows the importance of warning individuals and anchoring furniture and other household items to the walls, Leesfield & Partners previously represented an 11-year-old boy who sustained second-degree burns to his legs after a neighbor’s improperly installed range tipped forward and spilled boiling stew on him. It was determined the landlord’s failure to use anti-tip brackets caused the incident to occur.
That case was settled against the residential landlord for $300,000.
Leesfield & Partners also took on multiple manufacturers in the late 90s to early 2000s when companies began marketing all-terrain vehicles as children’s toys. These machines, as fun and enjoyable as they might be, have the propensity to cause serious injuries and should not have been marketed in such a way that parents thought they were harmless additions to their children’s outdoor activities.
The firm’s Founder and Managing Partner, Ira Leesfield, traveled all across the U.S. to litigate these cases and secured well over $10 million for injured children and grieving families.
Leesfield & Partners previously represented the family of a girl, 15, who was killed while riding an ATV driven by another minor. The children were not being supervised at the time of the tragic incident.
A settlement of $4.5 million was reached in that case.
Florida’s Products Liability Law
In today’s consumer-centric world of mass production, understanding product liability and defective products laws has never been more important. It is estimated by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission that approximately 12.7 million people were treated in emergency rooms across the United States for injuries stemming from consumer products in 2023. Despite this being a miniscule increase from 2022 and over 5% lower than the number of people injured in 2019, it is still jarring to imagine.
In a recent article published in the Daily Business Review, Trial Lawyer, Bernardo Pimentel II, explained various challenges present when litigating product liability cases. These challenges can include Florida’s acceptance of alterations made to the comparative negligence rule, which limits recovery based on a plaintiff’s “percentage of fault,” and the Daubert standard for expert testimony. In Florida, this standard requires a plaintiff’s attorneys to use reliable, scientific evidence to back up claims being made about the product in question.
“Understanding Florida’s products liability framework is essential for consumers, attorneys, and manufacturers to navigate this complex legal landscape and promote accountability and fairness,” Pimentel said.
If you or a loved one was injured in a products liability case, don’t wait. Call a Leesfield & Partners attorney today at 305-854-4900 to see if you might be eligible for compensation.
