Defective Products

Recent claims against Stryker Orthopaedics, for its ShapeMatch Cutting Guide, suggest that the medical manufacturing subsidiary may be guilty of negligence and providing the public with a defective surgical device. The ShapeMatch Cutting Guide was recalled in April of 2013...

Pharmaceutical companies used to settle dangerous drug claims against their illegal marketing and advertising practices by paying a fraction of their profits and releasing the news on a Friday or Saturday evening when hardly anyone noticed. Today, since almost all...

In mid-October, it was reported that Boston Scientific has agreed to pay the federal government in excess of $30 million in an attempt to resolve accusations that the medical manufacturing conglomerate sold defective surgical devices. The defective products were implanted...

A home explosion happened just hours from Pennsylvania in Danville, Virginia on Tuesday evening and whether or not it was caused by a defective insecticide is still yet to be determined. As the tri-state region has already been affected by...

Many probably remember the "McDonald's coffee spill" that literally shocked the world twenty years ago. Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants became one of the most talked about defective product cases in history. And Mrs. Liebeck became the brunt of jokes on...

It has recently been reported that a majority of breast milk that is sold online from women who produce an excess of what some call "liquid gold," contains various forms of potentially dangerous bacteria. After questioning the safety of such a...

In some regions of the United States, a phrase commonly heard when summer arrives is “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” To combat this, during these summer months, many homes throughout the country, including those in Western Pennsylvania, turn...

For many homeowners in the Pittsburgh area, there is nothing more satisfying than a home that is well taken care of. This desire often leads people to undertake home improvement projects. When a Butler County resident decides to start a...

Before consumer products hit the market, there are a number of steps manufacturers should make to ensure performance. Not only can product testing ensure that a product functions as it's supposed to, but it can also protect the safety of...

Products liability lawsuits may be viable in many different situations. Essentially any time a product does not work as intended inflicting injuries to someone a civil lawsuit could be successful. These types of lawsuits are often complicated which makes it...

Laundry is a regular chore most households in the Pittsburgh engage in regularly. The more individuals living in a home the more laundry that needs to be done. This is particularly true when there are children in a household.  While...

It has not been a good past few weeks for Chrysler. After recently announcing the recall of 2.7 million Jeeps due to a risk of vehicles involved in car accidents bursting into fire, it just announced the recall of 490,000...