Product Liability Attorneys Resulting at Los Angeles, California Amusement Parks, Theme Parks and Water Parks
What Law Is Applicable To California Amusement Parks, Theme Parks and Water Parks?
When someone is seriously injured at a Los Angeles, California Amusement Park, Theme Park and Water Park, the area of law which is generally applicable is either Product Liability or Premises Liability.
A Product Liability Attorney will apply product liability law when there are defective products or dangerously designed products which caused your serious injuries. This type of law may also be applied to amusement park rides, roller coasters, theme park rides, water parks and water slides. As serious injuries generally occur because of the amusement park and theme park rides exert extreme G-Forces on the ride occupants, it can be argued that the ride is a defective product.
If the amusement park ride has a defective part such as faulty safety equipment, bad brakes or loose tracks which directly resulted in your injuries, contact a Los Angeles, California Products Liability Amusement Park Accident Attorney to discuss how you may recover compensation for your injuries. Our Attorneys will evaluate your amusement park injuries and provide you with your available legal options.
In determining whether the amusement park was negligent, strictly liable or caused a breach of warranty, it is important that an Amusement Park Injury Attorney evaluate your case.
Amusement Park Accident Negligence Claim
To prove negligence, your attorney will need to prove:
- The Amusement Park owed you a duty in keeping you safe;
- The Theme Park breached their duty to you;
- The Amusement Park's breach was a foreseeable cause of the exact Amusement Park Injuries you sustained; and
- You suffered serious Amusement Park Injuries.
Amusement Park Injury Strict Liability Claim
To prove Amusement Park Strict Liability, your Amusement Park Accident Attorney must prove:
- Your relationship to the product whether it be a roller coaster or other theme park ride;
- How the product was defective or how it is in an unreasonably dangerous condition; and
- The defective / unreasonably dangerous condition of the product was the foreseeable cause of your serious Amusement Park Injuries.
Theme Park Accident Product Liability Claim
To provde Theme Park Product Liability, your Theme Park Injury Lawyer must prove:
- The ride or the defective part was defective, improperly designed or that the manufacturer is otherwise liable;
- The defendant is the manufacturer of the defective product / sold the part or ride or installed the part or roller coaster which caused your serious injuries; and
- The defendant's action or inaction were the foreseeable cause of your Amusement Park Injuries.
Ultimately, liability will be found if the defect is either a design defect, a manufacturing defect or a marketing defect.
Water Park Accident Design Defect Attorney
By the very nature of thrill rides and rides designed to excite their riders, some rides cannot be made any safer without losing the essence of them. Threfore, even if the product may be dangerous, if it's usefulness is not outweighed by the danger of the product, such as with a knife, then it is the responsibility of the amusement park rider to attempt to minimize any dangers which may result. But if the product is inherently dangerous, then the product is a design defect. That being said, if a roller coaster fails to provide adequate safety restraints which causes the roller coaster passengers to slide around and break their neck, then clearly the overall design of the roller coaster is a design defect which all injured parties may bring an action against to recover for their injuries.
Manufacturing Defects
Manufacturing defects occur when the product was not manufactured correctly and the product fails to conform to either the original design specifications or to the manufacturer's specifications. While the manufacturing defect may not be the sole cause of your Amusement Park Injuries, you may still be able to recover if the manufacturing defect was a substantial factor in causing your serious injuries. Some examples of manufacturing defects include: faulty materials, inadequate compartment size, safety restraint equipment as well as general operating components.
Marketing Defects
A marketing defect occurs when the product is mislabled or improperly labled. In the case of Amusement Parks, if they fail to provide sufficient or adequate instructions for the people who will be going on the ride. Additionally, if the Amusement Park fails to warn passengers of hidden dangers that the passengers would otherwise not discover, this is also a marketing defect.
The type of marketing defect that you may have unjustly suffered from may have included the proper way to enter the ride, the proper way to exit the ride, height minimums, height limits, weight minimums, weight maximums, warnings that people with certain medical conditions should not ride. Medical conditions may include pregnancies, spinal cord injuries, high blood pressure, and pacemakers.
Contact Our Amusement Park Product Liability Lawyers
Since product liability is so complicated, it is essential that you hire an experienced Amusement Park Product Liability Lawyer who may apply the legal doctrines and laws to the facts of your case. Additionally, product liability laws vary from state to state, so it is important that your Amusement Park Attorney be familiar with the specific state laws to maximize your financial compensation for your Amusement Park Injuries.
Call our Amusement Park Product Liability Attorneys for a free confidential consultation at 800-715-4489.