Anyone who’s ever heard a strange noise coming from their engine or experienced a sudden breakdown knows how frustrating a mechanical problem in your car or motorcycle can be. While some problems are just a matter of bad luck or a lack of maintenance, others stem from a serious flaw in the design or manufacturing process for the affected vehicle. You may be able to sue for compensation if the defect in your vehicle leads directly to you getting seriously hurt.
Lawsuits built around motorcycle defects and recalls in York work similarly to other types of personal injury claims in some ways and differently in others. If you want to give yourself the best possible chance of a positive case result, you need help from an experienced motorcycle accident attorney who’s handled many cases like yours successfully in the past.
How Do Motorcycle Recalls Work?
If a motorcycle is discovered to have a serious defect in how it’s designed, how it was assembled, or—much more rarely—how it was marketed to consumers, the manufacturer can voluntarily choose to issue a recall notice to people who own that specific product or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) may force the manufacturer to issue one involuntarily.
Importantly, manufacturers in York that issue voluntary or involuntary recalls for motorcycles must offer to fix the defect that the recall for free. Automotive recall notices generally don’t expire, and there isn’t a time limit on when you have to get the defect in question fixed.
Suing Over an Injury Caused by a Defective Motorcycle Part
Unfortunately, recall notices don’t always go out quickly enough to prevent motorcycle defects from causing serious harm to motorcyclists in York. If you’ve been hurt in an accident caused by a design or manufacturing defect in your motorcycle that you weren’t previously notified about, you may be able to hold your motorcycle’s manufacturer strictly liable for your injuries without needing to prove they were negligent in how they made your motorcycle.
You typically can’t file suit over an injury caused by a motorcycle defect if you’ve already been properly notified of a recall issued for that particular defect by the time you get hurt. If your injury happened after the recall process started but before you were officially notified, you may still have grounds for a claim, which our lawyers can help you pursue.
Get Help from a York Attorney With Motorcycle Defect and Recall Litigation
Getting your motorcycle repaired after receiving a recall notice for it can be a hassle, but it can also be important to protect yourself from serious injury in the long term. If you have been hurt by a defect in your motorcycle, you may need help from seasoned legal counsel to understand and effectively enforce your rights under product liability law.
Guidance from Ostroff Godshall Injury and Accident Lawyers can be vital to every aspect of claims based on motorcycle defects and recalls in York. Learn more by calling today. You won’t owe us anything until we win the compensation you deserve.
