Product Liability

When you file a personal injury claim, the judge or jury may award compensation to help you recover your losses from the accident. However, in some cases, the judge or jury may also award additional compensation not necessarily to help you pay for your losses but to punish the defendant for their reckless or malicious…

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a warning about OmvedTherapies Baby Pillows, which are in violation of the federal ban. These pillows pose a suffocation risk for infants. The manufacturer, Omved Lifestyle Pvt. Ltd., of India, has refused to recall the products, which means they are still being sold. Per the CPSC release:…

Jool Baby has issued a recall notice through the Consumer Product Safety Commission for its Nova Baby Infant Swings, claiming the swings pose a suffocation risk, and fail to meet federal safety violations. According to CBS News, these dangerous products went into production a full month after The Safe Sleep for Babies Act was signed…

Over the past several years, many individuals across the United States had new Profemur artificial hips put in. While they thought that they would be able to gain some of their quality of life back with these artificial hips, the devices broke within a few short years. As a result, some of these patients found…

Heading into cold weather season, fire danger typically increases, sometimes in unexpected ways, including the lithium-ion batteries used to power micromobility devices. Earlier this month, at least 38 people were injured, some of them critically, in a Manhattan, NYC high-rise apartment building fire that started when a lithium-ion battery powering a micromobility device self-combusted. According…

Actor Anton Yelchin’s untimely death in June 2016 due to a rollaway incident with his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee highlighted the deadly consequences of defective products. Six years later, another automobile manufacturer has issued recalls for a similar problem. In late June, Ford Motor Company announced that 2.9 million owners of Ford cars and SUVs…

Imagine you come to a slow stop at a traffic light, when out of nowhere, the headrest behind you smacks into the back of your head, sounding like gunfire. Or, you have just parked your car and are gathering your belongings when the headrest explodes, hitting the side of your head, leaving you with a…

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released a mandatory recall of two magnet ball and cube products due to ingestion hazards. Because of these high-powered magnets, the risk of ingestion can lead to fatalities. Further, because the company refused to agree to a voluntary recall, the CPSC sued the manufacturer to force a mandatory recall.…

A June product recall of CPAP machines has led to a lawsuit, filed by an Oregon truck driver in an example of how corporate negligence harms working-class citizens every day. After the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced a Class I recall of millions of Philips Respironics CPAP and BiPAP machines, many sleep apnea…

Many homeowners and renters use dehumidifiers to remove excess moisture from the air. Especially in warmer months and climates, dehumidifiers are particularly useful in basements where condensation tends to collect, especially near an air conditioning unit. Many homeowners set up their dehumidifier and simply let it do its job, often forgetting it is even there.…