The Dorel Juvenile Group has announced that it is recalling 1,737 of its child safety seats due to the products being sold without the seat base. Via the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the manufacturer is recalling the products because without these bases, the seats are unsafe and do not meet federal safety standard requirements.
The two recalled models are Comfy Carry (model number IC123FSM) and OnBoard
35 (IC124FSM). The missing seat base has a required Latch attachment assembly
designed to help the seat be properly and securely installed in the vehicle.
Without the base and latch, the risk of an injury greatly increases for
the child in the seat.
Child safety seats are a necessary part of any vehicle for families that
are travelling with infants or small children as the regular seats in
a vehicle do not provide proper protection for a child. During a
Northern California auto accident, a vehicle occupant is subjected to a great amount of force and impact,
which can inflict serious wounds on a full grown adult. Children and infants
are at an even greater risk of such injuries as restraint and safety systems
in a vehicle are designed for adults; therefore, children are not properly
protected and could be hurt even worse. Child seats are designed to protect
young ones in the proper way depending on their age so that they do not
suffer needlessly during a crash.
When you or a child has been injured by a defective product created to protect users from injuries, the trauma that results can be devastating and long-lasting. For help in pursuing proper financial compensation for losses and related injuries, contact the San Mateo defective product injury lawyers with Caputo & Van Der Walde LLP at (800) 900-0863.
