Category Archives: Product Liability
Product Recalls and Product Liability
Consumers live in a dangerous world. Anything from scuba hoses to children’s dungarees might be poorly designed or manufactured, posing a threat to consumers. The Consumer Product Safety Commission maintains a website with product recall information. Here are examples of recent recalls: In April automakers recalled more than 1.3 million vehicles in the United States […]
Declaring War on Drugs
Filing a lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company We live in a heavily medicated society. It seems there are pharmaceutical drugs available for almost every condition — including depression, weight loss and wrinkly skin. Fortunately, drug companies must spend a great deal of money and time running tests and having these drugs approved by the FDA […]
What is Product Liability?
Product liability law is in place to protect customers’ rights against faulty and unsafe products. Sometimes innocent consumers are injured and even killed because of a defective product or design. When this happens, consumers have the right to file a claim for monetary compensation. Product liability cases generally fall under three categories. They include: Manufacturing […]
Product Liability
When you go to the store to buy a product, do you worry about getting hurt? Did you know that sometimes products malfunction and cause injury? Manufacturers and product designers have a responsibility to the public to create safe products. However, it is not a perfect world, and sometimes defective or poorly designed units make […]