While in your apartment, rental property or home, one item that you probably never think about while you are sleeping, but depend on to save your life and possessions is your smoke detectors. You just assume that if the day or night comes, your smoke detector will work properly, and help save lives and your potentially your life’s possessions as well.
All apartment units in the United States are required by law to have working smoke detectors, and approximately 96% of all homes have smoke detectors in them. One would think that is a good thing.
But what if the smoke detector that is in your apartment or home is deficient in providing the warning necessary to save lives?
Ionization Smoke Detectors are intended to work when the a small amount of radioactive material that ionizes the air in the chamber is disrupted when smoke enters the chamber, which sets off the alarm. When the Ionization Smoke Detector does not work properly, avoidable tragedy may result.
Another type of Smoke Detector Alarms is Photoelectric Smoke Detector. This type of smoke detector uses a light source and photocell sensor to detect smoke. When the beam of light is disrupted by the smoke, the alarm then goes off.
Some Smoke Detectors contain both the Ionization Smoke Detector system and the Photoelectric Smoke Detector system. This is because Ionization Smoke Detector systems are typically better in detecting fast-flaming fires (liquid and gas fires) while Photoelectric Smoke Detector systems are typically better for detecting slow-burning fires (paper and wood fires).
In recent years, statistics have shown that in many apartment and fires, some Ionization Smoke Detectors have been inaccurate in detecting smoke in your apartment and home, thus robbing you of precious minutes to save both lives, possessions, and property.
Victims may be subjected to varying degrees of Burns and Respiratory System problems, or even an untimely and preventable death. Other common medical conditions may be muscle damage, nerve damage, blood vessel damage, and even affect your bones, and circulatory system.
If you or a loved ones have been injured in an apartment or house fire where the smoke detectors did not function properly, giving you adequate warning of a fire, contact The Legal Action Network today!
You may be entitled to seek justice through civil litigation for your injuries, loss of life, and loss of possessions or property.
We Give Justice A Voice!
We will thoroughly review your case and help determine if you have a Defective Smoke Detector Fire Injury case. If you or your loved ones have been the victim of injuries in an apartment fire or rental property fire involving an defective smoke detector, we will aggressively fight to ensure your voice is heard and those responsible are held accountable.
It is not uncommon for Ionization Smoke Detectors to provide frequent false alarms. This can be not only an annoyance, but reduce your trust in the smoke alarm in your apartment to work properly.
Another issue with smoke alarms is that they run on batteries. If the battery goes dead without your knowledge, you will have no warning if a fire sparks. Having said that, apartment complexes have a legal responsibility to conduct scheduled checks on all smoke detectors to ensure the safety of those residing in each apartment.
The problem is that these checks on smoke detectors often involve simply pushing a button to make sure the alarm is active. The alarm may be active, but the smoke detector may still be deficient in detecting smoke as designed.
When any product causes or is directly responsible for harm to a person or persons when used as intended, the product may be considered a dangerous or defective product, and thus subject to product liability injury or wrongful death lawsuits.
Apartment fire cases involving a defective smoke detector or a smoke detector that the battery in the smoke detector was dead or even removed can be more complex that a defective smoke detector case in a residential house.
There is a strict legal liability for apartment complexes to perform scheduled checks and to ensure smoke detectors are not malfunctioning. In some cases, not only the smoke detector manufacturer and parent company be held liable, but the apartment complex, management group, and corporate entity as well.
Additionally, while most smoke detector manufacturers say a smoke detector is good for 10 years, depending on the specific model, it is actually recommended that a smoke detector be replaced every 5 to 7 years. Older smoke detectors may have a tendency to be defective the older the model is. The 9 volt battery in a smoke detector typically will last 6 months, but may be less if an inferior brand of battery is used.
Victims may be subjected to varying degrees of Burns and Respiratory System problems, or even an untimely and preventable death. Other common medical conditions may be muscle damage, nerve damage, blood vessel damage, and even affect your bones, and circulatory system.
If you or a loved ones have been injured in an apartment or house fire where the smoke detectors did not function properly, giving you adequate warning of a fire, contact The Legal Action Network today!
You may be entitled to seek justice through civil litigation for your injuries, loss of life, and loss of possessions or property.
We Give Justice A Voice!
We will thoroughly review your case and help determine if you have a Defective Smoke Detector Fire Injury case. If you or your loved ones have been the victim of injuries in an apartment fire or rental property fire involving an defective smoke detector, we will aggressively fight to ensure your voice is heard and those responsible are held accountable.
Just as with apartment complexes, when an individual or management group rents a residential home, condominium or other type of dwelling to an individual or family, the owner or management group has strict liability to ensure all smoke detectors are in proper working order.
Scheduled checks must be conducted on all smoke detectors to ensure the renter’s safety in case of a fire.
Smoke detector manufacturers and parent companies still have their legal liability for a defective smoke detector.
Manufacturers are required to ensure that their products work properly when used as intended. This does not mean a percentage of properly working products while spot-checking products during the quality control process before shipping the product, this means each end every product that enters the market.
Additionally, while most smoke detector manufacturers say a smoke detector is good for 10 years, depending on the specific model, it is actually recommended that a smoke detector be replaced every 5 to 7 years. Older smoke detectors may have a tendency to be defective the older the model is. The 9 volt battery in a smoke detector typically will last 6 months, but may be less if an inferior brand of battery is used.
Victims may be subjected to varying degrees of Burns and Respiratory System problems, or even an untimely and preventable death. Other common medical conditions may be muscle damage, nerve damage, blood vessel damage, and even affect your bones, and circulatory system.
If you or a loved ones have been injured in an apartment or house fire where the smoke detectors did not function properly, giving you adequate warning of a fire, contact The Legal Action Network today!
You may be entitled to seek justice through civil litigation for your injuries, loss of life, and loss of possessions or property.
We Give Justice A Voice!
We will thoroughly review your case and help determine if you have a Defective Smoke Detector Fire Injury case. If you or your loved ones have been the victim of injuries in an apartment fire or rental property fire involving an defective smoke detector, we will aggressively fight to ensure your voice is heard and those responsible are held accountable.
If a smoke detector has been determined to be defective, and did not provide any warning or little warning of a fire in an apartment, rental property, residential home or other type of dwelling, liability may be determined to be associated with the smoke detector manufacturer or parent company.
When any product causes or is directly responsible for harm to a person or persons when used as intended, the product may be considered a dangerous or defective product, and thus subject to product liability injury or wrongful death lawsuits.
Depending on the specific circumstances of your case, defendants in a smoke detector product injury lawsuit may include:
Victims may be subjected to varying degrees of Burns and Respiratory System problems, or even an untimely and preventable death. Other common medical conditions may be muscle damage, nerve damage, blood vessel damage, and even affect your bones, and circulatory system.
If you or a loved ones have been injured in an apartment or house fire where the smoke detectors did not function properly, giving you adequate warning of a fire, contact The Legal Action Network today!
You may be entitled to seek justice through civil litigation for your injuries, loss of life, and loss of possessions or property.
We Give Justice A Voice!
We will thoroughly review your case and help determine if you have a Defective Smoke Detector Fire Injury case. If you or your loved ones have been the victim of injuries in an apartment fire or rental property fire involving an defective smoke detector, we will aggressively fight to ensure your voice is heard and those responsible are held accountable.
If you have a valid legal claim for injuries as a result of a defective or malfunctioning smoke detector, or a smoke detector that has not been properly maintained by a landlord or property owner, you may be able to seek compensation for:
In the event of loss of life, you may be able to seek financial compensation for the untimely death and:
If you or a loved ones have been injured in an apartment or house fire where the smoke detectors did not function properly, giving you adequate warning of a fire, contact The Legal Action Network today!
We Give Justice A Voice!
We will thoroughly review your case and help determine if you have a Defective Smoke Detector Fire Injury case. If you or your loved ones have been the victim of injuries in an apartment fire or rental property fire involving an defective smoke detector, we will aggressively fight to ensure your voice is heard and those responsible are held accountable.
If you or a loved ones have been injured in an apartment or house fire where the smoke detectors did not function properly, giving you adequate warning of a fire, contact The Legal Action Network today!. We are ready to give justice a voice!
If you have been injured as a result of a defective smoke detector, poorly maintained smoke detector, or a smoke detector that is or has been under recall, we are ready to fight for you. Call us Toll Free 833.701.9222 to discuss your defective smoke detector injury case. Get someone on your side who will be honest and direct. Call today.
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