Category: Products Liability

Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a serious warning over the use of Abiomed’s left-sided Impella heart pumps, which can perforate the heart and have already been implicated in 49 deaths and more than 100 injuries. Although the FDA is not mandating a product recall, it has put forth what is known as[…]

You may not know it, but household items like cleaning agents, prescription medications and pesticides can be dangerous to your two-legged and four-legged family members alike. Congress created National Poison Prevention Week, an annual, week-long awareness campaign, in 1961 to teach Americans about unintentional poisonings and how to safely store (as well as dispose of)[…]

After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in Tincher v. Omega Flex in 2014, many lawyers felt the decision marked a major shift in how product liability cases would be handled. A recent ruling, however, makes it unquestionably clear that industry standards will remain inadmissible and irrelevant in Pennsylvania product liability cases. Consistent with the state’s[…]

About 400,000 people go to the emergency room every year because of power tools. Construction workers and employees in manufacturing industries rely heavily on power tools. When a power tool is defective or used without proper instruction or warning, it can cause severe and life-altering injuries. Hand injuries are one of the most common injuries when[…]

Some kids and teens have already written down their holiday wish lists…but before you head out to the store to make some of their dreams come true, be sure you take a few important safety topics into consideration. The holiday season is usually one of the most joyful times of the year, so don’t let[…]