Blog Category - Product Liability

Jun

Dog Food Brand Recalls Over Fears of Unsafe Toxicity Levels

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that three dog food brands have voluntarily recalled some of their products due to concerns of high levels of aflatoxin in the food. Paws Happy Life, Heartland Farms, and Family Pet have recalled various sizes of dog food ...

Jun

Was a Product You Own Recalled? Why You Should Send It Back

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports on all sorts of mandatory and voluntary product recalls each year. When enough reports are brought to the CPSC about a dangerously defective product, the organization does its best to notify as many people as possible about th...

Jun

Instructions Were Unclear: Products Made Dangerous Due to No Instructions

A defective product is often a product that fails noticeably, if not catastrophically. For example, most people know about Takata airbags for their defect that causes them to violently explode without warning. However, some products are defective in a much more subtle way, such a...

Jun

Safety for Your Summer Road Trip: Prepare & Plan Ahead

Summer road trips and vacation season are here again. Are you planning on packing the family in the car and seeing some of the best sights our country has to offer? Before you hit the highway, take a look at these general road trip safety tips everyone should know. By keeping the...

Jun

Product Liability Laws: A Manufacturer's Duty to the Consumer

Any time you purchase a product from a public market or retain a service from a public source, an umbrella of product liability laws - mainly established through federal-level legislation – will open to protect you from damages in case you are unduly injured by that p...

Jun

CPSC Announces Recall for Vornado Air Space Heaters, Citing Fire Hazard

People who own a Vornado Air Sunny CS (Cribside) Nursery Space Heater are being urged to unplug and discontinue use of the product immediately. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on January 31st, 2018 that the products could ignite nearby flamma...

Jun

Holiday Fire Hazards: Defective Lights, Decorations & More

The holiday season for most people means turning their household into glowing, festive places of merriment with the help of lights and decorations. Unfortunately, for firefighters and emergency responders, it is also the season of increased calls due to house and apartment fires...

Jun

Consumer-Assembled Furniture & Product Liability

Last year, Ikea was set to pay out $50M after a specific dresser design toppled over on multiple occasions, resulting in the wrongful deaths of at least three children. According to the lawsuit, which involved three separate instances of wrongful death, Ikea created a defective p...

Jun

Snowboarding and Skiing Accidents Are On the Rise

Because El Niño is here for the first few months of 2016, the people of San Jose can expect to see much more snow on the ski slopes. As a result, many people will enjoy their weekends snowboarding and skiing with close friends and family. While snow sports can be very ente...

Jun

Can I Sue if I am Injured by a Defective Product?

Every year, an estimated 34 million people are injured as a result of accidents caused by defective products, and tens of thousands of product liability lawsuits are filed every year. Product liability law protects consumers against dangerously flawed products by giving them the ...