Category: Products Liability

Furniture tip overs cause an average of 38,000 emergency room visits a year, more than half of which are children according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. The combination of a young child attempting to climb furniture and unstable furniture proves deadly.   Head injuries are a commonly reported injury. Old televisions, combined with furniture[…]

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently slapped a penalty of $1.75 million on the Ricon Corporation for continuing to produce and sell defective wheelchair lifts, despite […]

Philadelphia personal injury lawyer, Peter Patton, Senior Partner at Galfand Berger, secured a victory in a products liability case recently (to read our previous blog on this case, click here.)  In Capece v. Hess, Attorney Patton argued before the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania that a decision should be based on the[…]

Philadelphia personal injury law firm, Galfand Berger, is proud to announce the recent victory of one of our senior partners, Peter Patton, in a products liability case Capece v. Hess. Patton successfully argued that the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania should send his client’s claims for negligence and strict products[…]

Hospitals in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are among others in Illinois, Seattle, and Los Angeles that have recently been hit by a superbug that has claimed the lives of […]