Chariot Carriers, a company that distributes bicycle trailers for transporting children, has issued a recall on two of their products. The recall was announced because the company learned that the hitch, the piece that connects the trailer itself to the bicycle, can crack and break. In this event the trailer could detach from the bike.
Under Illinois law, a manufacturer can be held liable for a defective product if the consumer was using the product in a foreseeable manner and the product fails. This simply means that if a consumer was using this product in its intended matter, i.e. attached the trailer to a bike correctly and the hitch broke and there was an injury, Chariot Carriers could be liable under the law for the injury.
The first recall is on 44,000 bicycle trailers that were sold at nationwide specialty bike shops and online between December 2005 and August 2010. The second recall is on 70,000 bicycle trailer conversion kits. These conversions kits were also sold at nationwide specialty bike shops and online between December 2005 and August 2010.
Keating Law Offices has significant experience and success with product liability cases. If you have any questions regarding this post or an issue involving Illinois personal injury law, please contact Illinois Bicycle Attorney Mike Keating at 312-208-7702 or MKeating@KeatingLegal.com 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All e-mails and phone calls are returned promptly. All initial consultations are confidential and free.
This blog post was written with the assistance of Jason Lee, a Law Clerk at Keating Law Offices and 3rd Year Law Student at DePaul University College of Law.
