Seat back failure crashworthiness case.

This case is a seat back failure case.   Your seat belt is supposed to keep you in your seat at impact during a car crash.  Naturally, however, your seat belt won’t work, if the seat, on which the seat belt is located, collapses.

Our client lost her life when her seat back failed.  She was in a rear-end crash on the highway in Colchester, Connecticut, and her seat back failed.  As a result, she was ejected from the car, and lost her life.  We represented her estate in a seat back failure case against General Motors.

What is seat back failure?

Seat back failure occurs when the joint in the seat breaks.  As a result, the back of the seat no longer supports the person in the seat.  If the seat back breaks the person will fall back as if they a lying down in the car, and the seat belt will not support the person in the seat.

Facts of the seat back failure case.

In this case our client was rear ended on the highway.  Her seat back failed.  Her seat belt no longer provided support to hold her in her seat. The car rolled over and the force of the roll cause her to be thrown from the car.  We brought suit against the driver of the car that rear ended our client, our client’s underinsured motorist carrier, and General Motors.  After we investigate the crash and the our client’s car we discovered that the seat back failed.  The seat back should not have failed.  As a result, we were able to bring a product liability case against the maker of our client’s car, General Motors.   We were able to achieve a settlement for our client’s estate.

The settlement.

The case settled for $1,680,000.00.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM THE BARTINIK LAW FIRM LLC.

At The Bartinik Law Firm LLC we pride ourselves on the personal service we give to our clients, and on the many 5 star reviews our clients have given to us.  If you or a loved one was in a car accident, then please do not hesitate to contact us at 860-445-8521.  We are based in Stonington, Connecticut, and handle cases all over Connecticut, and even out of state in Rhode Island and Florida.

Many of your clients are in the Groton, New London, Norwich area in towns like yours such as Stonington, such as Pawcatuck, Mystic, Ledyard, North Stonington, Preston, Montville, Waterford, East Lyme, Old Lyme, Salem, Colchester, Groton, New London, and Norwich.

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Where to find help?

If you or a family member is involved in a serious car accident, and you have reason to believe that the car was defective, and did not protect you from the crash then we might be able to help.  Call The Bartinik Law Firm LLC at 860-445-8521.