Injury Compensation News

If your child sustains an injury due to a design or manufacturing fault with a pushchair, you may be entitled to make pushchair injury claims. You pushchair injury claims will have to show that your child sustained an avoidable injury due to the negligence of the manufacturer, or that the shop from which you purchased the pushchair knowingly imported goods from abroad which failed to comply with EC standards. As a parent or guardian you will be able to make pushchair injury claims for compensation on behalf of your child but, as any compensation for pushchair injury claims will have to be approved by a judge before a settlement can be made, it is always in your best interests to seek advice about pushchair injury claims from an experienced personal injury solicitor.

Maclaren Pushchair Injury Compensation

Buggy manufacturer Maclaren has agreed 50 child injury compensation claim payments in the UK for injuries sustained using their buggies. The settlements are made without any admission of liability and Maclaren has defended the safety of its buggies and said that it is a problem that affects all brands.

The cases follow the recall of one million buggies in the USA following finger amputations for 12 children that got their fingers stuck in the hinges.

One million of the Maclaren  buggies were recalled in the US last year after it was revealed that 12 children had to have fingers amputated due to them getting stuck in the mechanisms hinges.  However, Maclaren did not withdraw the exact same products in Europe.  The Maclaren models withdrawn in the USA include Volo, Triumph, Quest Sport, Quest Mod, Techno XT, Techno XLR, Twin Triumph, Twin Techno, and Easy Traveller.

The decision not to withdraw the products in Ireland was condemned by the Irish National Consumer Agency as unacceptable.

If you or your child have suffered a pushchair injury, you should speak to a solicitor about a child injury claim as soon as possible after you receive appropriate medical treatment.

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