Defective Products
How to File a Claim for Defective Auto Parts
Vehicle part manufacturers have a responsibility to ensure the reasonable safety of their products. Motorists entrust their lives to automakers. Unfortunately, not all automobile part manufacturers take the proper steps to protect consumers and the public. Defective auto parts have...
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Most Dangerous Defective Products
Every year, defective products cause thousands of consumer injuries and deaths. While many defective products have the potential to inflict life-changing damage, certain items have historically resulted in a greater number of serious incidents and recalls than others. From exploding...
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Mistakes to Avoid in a Product Liability Claim
A product liability claim is a type of civil lawsuit that can be filed by a consumer for an injury caused by a defective or dangerous product. If you get hurt by a defective item and wish to seek financial...
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Can I File a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit After a Drug Recall?
If you are prescribed a dangerous or defective drug, you may have grounds for one or two different types of civil lawsuits. You may be able to file a medical malpractice lawsuit if the physician who prescribed the drug knew...
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Accusations That Monsanto Attempted to Ghostwrite Research
Recently, Monsanto has been under fire for allegedly attempting to ghostwrite research on their weed control product Roundup in an attempt to influence scientific research. The emails that have been released date back as far as 2001. In March of...
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Ethicon Recalls Physiomesh Implant
In May 2016, Ethicon voluntarily recalled their surgical mesh product, Physiomesh over serious health complications and the high recurrence rate of hernias requiring revision surgery. Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, sent a letter to surgeons and operating room...
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Dallas W. Hartman, P.C. discusses defective retrievable IVC filter devices
Over the past half-decade, the medical device product liability attorneys at Dallas W. Hartman, P.C. have been researching the adverse effects of retrievable IVC filters. As the epidemic exponentially grew, our firm has discussed potential lawsuits against the manufacturers of...
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Defective products: Volkswagen, Audi lie about emissions testing
Multiple Volkswagen and Audi vehicles with diesel engines have been engineered to give emissions testing equipment false-positives, thus lying to customer about the defective products they've been manufacturing. This is one of the assertions brought to the attention of millions...
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Ikea dresser causes death of two children
An Ikea furniture store dresser, known as the MALM chest, has caused the death of two children in the United States this past year. Both children were killed in tip-over incidents. Tip-over incidents occur when a piece of furniture or...
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Honda adds over a million cars to air bag recall
A recall of airbags created by Takata Corporation and used in many Honda vehicles has been expanded to over a million of Honda's most popular vehicles. The Takata Corporation airbags are being recalled because the ammonium nitrate propellant used in...
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Butler County farmer injured by tractor
A Butler County man was injured when his tractor was accidentally activated and ran over him. As this Clay Township, Pennsylvania man was getting off of his tractor, his foot knocked the vehicle into gear. Subsequently, he was hanging onto...
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Defective product is the possible cause of tree stand collapse
A defective product may have been the cause of injury for a Pennsylvania hunter. A Penn Hills, Pennsylvania man fell from his tree stand causing serious injuries. This incident occurred late Tuesday afternoon near Dalecrest Road in Allegheny County. Details...
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