PRODUCTS LIABILITY
Representative Cases
- Lawsuit brought on behalf of minor child who suffered injury to penis during circumcision. Plaintiff claimed that a defective Mogen Clamp used in the procedure caused the injury which resulted in amputation of a portion of the penis.
- Plaintiff, a young woman in her twenties brought an action against automobile manufacturer after suffering a traumatic brain injury following a partial rollover accident. In her lawsuit against plaintiff claimed that the seat-belt pretensioner on the vehicle’s passenger side, which operates to quickly tighten a seat belt in a crash, was not properly programmed as a result of a defective design. The defendant claimed that the subject vehicle’s seat belt system met all applicable federal safety standards, and that a pretension-er would not have provided any meaningful protection to plaintiff in the accident.
- Male gym member sued gym and manufacturer of weight lifting machine for orthopedic injuries suffered on incline leg press machine. Plaintiff sued both the manufacturer of the equipment claiming defective design, including use of inappropriate metal, and the fitness center which he claimed failed to properly inspect and maintain the machine as well as a failure to warn of possible injury due to reasonably foreseeable misuse of machine.
- Defendant created a business of drying flowers and selling retailers for sale to the public. The defendant was sued by a retail warehouse concern after multiple warehouses suffered infestation by a pest known as the Indian meal moth. Plaintiffs claimed that the infestation was traceable to defendant’s practice of drying his flowers outdoors and unprotected from pests.
- Multiple lawsuits for personal injuries suffered in office equipment accidents allegedly due to failures in design and/or production.