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For parents, a shopping cart can be essential when taking their babies and young children to the grocery store, the drugstore, or other retail stores. However, convenience can quickly turn into a tragic, heart-breaking accident if the child falls out of the shopping cart or the cart tips over. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, thousands of children are treated in emergency rooms each year for injuries from shopping cart falls, and these accidents are one of the leading causes of head injuries. Children could suffer traumatic brain injuries, resulting in life-altering changes to their reasoning, mental, and learning abilities, or death. Shoppers can also be hurt when their fingers, hands, arms, or feet become entangled in the wheels and crushed.
4 Causes of Shopping Cart Accidents
Shopping cart accidents can result when children fall out of the cart or the cart overturns—either on its side or on its back. Some of the reasons these accidents occur include:
Failure of shopping carts to have safety belts or the ones provided are worn and inadequate
Broken shopping carts, including broken wheels
Children not being restrained or wiggling out of their restraints
Children standing up in shopping carts
Improving shopping cart safety standards could prevent some of these accidents. Ways to do this include:
Improving child restraint systems
Placing child seats in shopping carts closer to the ground
Educating parents about shopping cart seat safety
Having retail businesses promote the safe use of shopping cart seat belts
If your child fell out of a shopping cart as a result of the negligence of a business and suffered injuries, you may be able to pursue a claim for compensation. Call us at (727) 345-4566 to schedule a free consultation with our experienced legal team.
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