Category: Products Liability

Teens vaping is becoming an increasing problem, a 15-year-old girl and her family recently filed a class action lawsuit against two corporations: mega vape manufacturing company JUUL Labs and the Altria Group, a tobacco company that owns Philip Morris and has a 35% stake in JUUL. The suit alleges that not only does JUUL target[…]

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[…]

It was 2009 when Fisher Price engineers first produced the company’s “Rock n’ Play,” an inclined infant sleeper intended to help parents lull their little ones to sleep. The Rock n’ Play was the first of its kind and became popular quite quickly – since being released, nearly 5 million have been sold. Despite the[…]

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has had recreational off-road vehicles (ROV) on its radar for the past 10 years.  However, after a recent string of debilitating injuries and fatalities related to unsafe or defective ROVs, the agency wants Americans to remember just how dangerous – and deadly – these vehicles really are. What Are[…]

The first successful verdict against mega-corporation Monsanto, regarding product liability, was in August 2018. Dwayne Johnson said his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis was a direct result of using the company’s glyphosate-based and popular weed killer, Roundup.   Jurors agreed and awarded Mr. Johnson $289 million dollars.  To date there have been three successful suits against Monsanto, and[…]