Category: Dangerous / Defective Equipment & Machinery

In 2015, a woman died when robotic equipment crushed her as she was working. Her husband recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the machine manufacturers. According to the suit, as a journeyman maintenance-technician at an automotive supplier the victim frequently worked alongside – and performed routine maintenance on – robotic machinery. Her husband’s suit[…]

In order to comply with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Toyota is voluntarily recalling approximately 65,000 Toyota and Lexus brand vehicles – and the manufacturer is doing it a year ahead of the NHTSA’s schedule. The recall comes because of a dangerous automotive defect, which involves the notoriously dangerous Takata airbag infiltrators. These[…]

The holidays are not only a time for festivities and cheer, but also a time for gift giving – and lots of buying. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a government agency that protects the public from the risk of injury and death associated with defective and dangerous products, is joining with Safe Kids Worldwide[…]

Pennsylvania is the latest state in the nation to suspend installation of X-Lite Guardrail End Terminals from all state roads and highways. New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Colorado, Delaware, and Vermont are among the 11 states across the country that plan to remove these guardrails after they have been implicated in 13 fatal car accidents[…]

By Richard Jurewicz, Esq. When a person is injured using an industrial or consumer product  there are different types of claims.  Typically, these depend upon how and why the person was injured.  The four types of defect claims include: DESIGN DEFECT – is a flaw that is not limited to one particular product but typically[…]