Infant Deaths From Chrysler Minivan Dodge Caravan Seatback Defect

Infant Deaths From Chrysler Minivan Dodge Caravan Seatback Defect. Affecting 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Dodge Caravan Plymouth Voyager Unsafe Chrysler Minivan Resulting in Death and Serious Injuries to infants. The parents of 8 month old Joshua Flax filed suit against Chrysler after their son was killed in a car accident involving their 1998 Dodge Caravan. The wrongful death case centered on the allegedly defective design of the minivan's front seatbacks. Joshua Flax was in the back seat of the minivan when it was rear ended. The impact caused the front seat to collapse and its passenger to strike Joshua in the head, fracturing his skull. All parties agreed that Joshua was only fatally injured because of the collapsed seat. In late 2004, a jury found Chrysler's seats to be defective and unreasonably dangerous. Evidence showed that the seat in question had been failing crash tests for over 20 years. Since the '80's Chrysler had been getting complaints that the seats were collapsing and injuring children. In fact, a former employee testified that he had investigated the seats in the '90's because of all the complaints. He was fired after expressing that he wanted to bring the issue to federal regulators. In its opinion the Supreme Court stated that the evidence showed in the court of law showed Chrysler ignored customer's warnings and failed to redesign their minivan. Chrysler also hid the evidence. In addition, Chrysler marketed their minivan as ...

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