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Defective Bicycles

Children and adolescents aged 20 years and younger comprise more than half of the estimated 85 million bicycle riders in the country.  However, bicycle related injuries result in more emergency department visits for children than any other recreational sport.  Unfortunately, bicycles are also associated with more childhood injuries than any other consumer product, except for automobiles.  More than half of the bicycle injuries that result from accidents are head injuries.  A head injury is the most common cause of bicycle rider deaths, especially among children, resulting from collisions with motor vehicles. 

A products liability action may be initiated when a child is injured by a bicycle that is defective or malfunctions.  In a cause of action for products liability of a defective bicycle which results in a personal injury to a child it is crucial that a plaintiff have a skilled, knowledgeable, and experienced Florida Child Injury Lawyer.  The experienced West Palm Beach Child Injury Lawyers of Sharmin & Sharmin P.A. have handled numerous child injury cases involving defective products such as bicycles, and will advise a plaintiff that may be proven by direct or circumstantial evidence.  However, design defects, in products liability actions, must be proven by expert testimony.   For example, a question for the jury was created regarding whether a bicycle was improperly assembled by a retailer and whether the improper assembly caused the accident, where the plaintiff presented the testimony of an expert witness who testified that the bicycle's quick release mechanism was misassembled at the time of the accident. 

The Florida Child Injury Lawyers of Sharmin and Sharmin P.A. will work tirelessly to recover all compensation and damages your child and family deserves for an injury or death due to a defective bicycle. Call Sharmin & Sharmin P.A. at 1-800-74-TRIAL.


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