Common Lawnmower defects – Product Liability for Lawnmower Injuries
The most common lawn mower defects are as follows- Manufacturing defect
- Design defect
- Improper safety and warning labeling
- Rollover defects: lawn mower that tip over easily
- Easily breakable parts
- Lack of proper instructions
- Faulty fuel system leading to leaking fuel
- Faulty blades
- Don’t start mowing until children have been removed from the lawn
- Never allow another person on the lawn mower
- Always inspect your lawnmower and make sure all the parts are intact
- Make sure you have the physical ability needed to use the lawn mower
- Carefully go through the user manual before commencing use
- Don’t wear anything that can get caught in the machine including loose of long clothing and jewelry
- Use extreme caution when using gasoline to fuel the vehicle
- Don’t operate the lawnmower backwards
- Always push not pull a lawnmower
- Don’t leave a lawnmower unattended
- Burn Injuries
- Amputations: Loss of Limbs and severed extremities
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Crush Injuries
- Severe lacerations and cuts to the body and face
- Traumatic Eye injuries
- Paralysis including nerve damage
- Child Lawn mower injuries
- Lawn mower accident fatalities
How to Recover for Lawn mower defects injuries: Defective product Claim and California Product Liability Laws:
Defective products are a sub-topic of an area in law which is called product liability. A product liability claim can be issued against the manufacturer if you see that their product falls under one of the general kinds of defective products- inherently harmful by itself or
- made harmful due to production mishaps
Riding Lawn Mower Rollover Accident Claim
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