Did Tree-Stand Safety Equipment Fail During Your Fall?
Hunters routinely rely on safety equipment while climbing, entering, leaving, and hunting from elevated tree stands.
A safety rope, lifeline, harness, strap, saddle, climbing stick, or attachment system may be the only thing preventing a serious or fatal fall.
When one of those products breaks or releases unexpectedly, the failure deserves investigation.
Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler investigates serious injuries involving failed tree-stand and hunting safety equipment in North Carolina.
Potential Tree-Stand Equipment Failures
Examples include:
- Safety rope snapping
- Lifeline breaking
- Harness tearing or releasing
- Strap failure
- Stitching failure
- Buckle failure
- Carabiner or connector opening
- Tree-stand attachment strap breaking
- Climbing-stick component failure
- Hunting saddle failure
- Structural failure of an elevated stand
- Failure of a fall-arrest component
The Important Question Is What Failed
Many hunting falls occur without a defective product. Our focus is different. We are interested in cases where the hunter was using safety or climbing equipment and a component physically broke, tore, opened, released, disconnected, or otherwise failed. That evidence may distinguish a product-liability case from an ordinary fall.
Do Not Return the Product
If a manufacturer or retailer offers a refund or replacement, do not return failed equipment before obtaining legal advice. Preserve the equipment and every component in its post-incident condition. Photograph it before moving or handling it if possible.
Injured When Hunting Safety Equipment Failed?
If you suffered a serious injury when tree-stand or hunting safety equipment broke or released, contact Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler to discuss what happened.