It might be possible to bring about a compensation claim against a supplier or manufacturer under the 1987 Consumer Protection Act in cases where a potentially defective product causes personal injury. Section 3 of the Act states that products are defective when the safety of...
Alexandra Karob-Volpina is a lot like other teenagers. She was an avid gymnast and dancer. She loved showing off her dance skills on video. Unfortunately, life has changed for the worse for Alexandra. She got injured on a trampoline on the Off The Wall Trampoline...
The Third Bellwether Trial Against Xarelto Begins, Patient Wants Jury To Decide Claims 8/15/2017 Advocates in the third case against Xarelto’s side effects are arguing whether the drug manufacturers Johnson & Johnson’s unit Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Bayer should have mentioned on the blood thinner’s label...
Over 17,000 Children Harmed by Strollers and Carrier Annually 9/26/2016 Most parents think that they are protecting their children by putting them in strollers or baby carriers. Unfortunately, many personal injury lawyers have had to deal with cases where these devices have actually harmed a...
The Potential for Seat-Back Failure 7/25/2016 One of the most common components of evidence when injuries are suffered in an auto accident is a broken seat-back. While car manufacturers are often detail driven concerning other safety features on a vehicle, many times the engineered design...
A Homeland Security investigator has revealed the large-scale problem of counterfeit auto parts in the United States. Robert C. Hutchinson, who works in the Miami office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, says most of the fake parts are manufactured in China where there is...
Consumer Products Safety Commission Investigating Hoverboards 1/23/2016 After millions of so-called hoverboards – gyroscopically stabilized skateboard-type devices – were sold during the holidays, questions have been raised as to their safety. The United States Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) is currently investigating more than a...
Collateral Benefits for Medical Benefits in Trial 11/26/2015 In a product liability case, the defendant often finds themselves in a position where the plaintiff is drastically inflating, or perhaps inflating their medical costs, as well as the projected costs in the future. In the past,...
Takata Declines Compensation Fund After Airbag Inflation Disasters Kills 8 Injures 100 7/21/2015 There’s an uproar in the automotive industry following Japanese auto parts company Takata decision not to commit to a recall compensation fund. Lawmakers are exercising extreme measures to make Takata see reason,...
Should You Be Filing a Xarelto Lawsuit, too? 3/24/2015 For some months now, the anticoagulation medication Xarelto (also known by the generic name rivaroxaban) has been linked with serious and deadly side effects including uncontrollable bleeding that doctors have faced great difficulty in bringing to...
