Pressure cookers have become popular kitchen appliances over the past few years, especially electrical counter models. Most of the time, these cookers are safe and designed to cook contents at high temperatures under very high pressure, so there are risks involved when there is a malfunction. When there is a manufacturing defect pressure cookers can […]
defective consumer products
Fake N-95 Masks and Price Gouging on Amazon
3M, the maker of N-95 masks, has filed trademark claims against four Amazon sellers for selling 3M branded N-95 masks that are counterfeit. The defendants are KM Brothers Inc., KMJ Trading Inc., Supreme Sunshine, Inc. and Mao Yu. With nationwide shortage of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) the fake masks, were sold at huge markup to […]
Defective Product Lawsuits Against Internet Sellers
On June 11, 2020, The California Assembly approved Assembly Bill 3262 to hold online markets, like Amazon, to the same legal standard as traditional brick and mortar stores when they sell defective and dangerous products that cause injuries or deaths. For decades my law firm has represented consumers injured by a full range of defective […]
Defective Gas Tanks: Ford Crown Victoria 1979-2011
Crown Victorias, Police Interceptors, Mercurys and the Lincoln Town Cars from 1979, until production stopped in 2011, were built on a common platform known by Ford as the Panther. These cars have a fuel tank located forward of the trunk, behind the rear axle. In the auto industry this is called a “vertical-behind-the-axle” fuel tank. […]
Recycle Your Pacemaker
Encouraging news from a New England Journal of Medicine article finding that the infection risk associated with resterilized pacemakers does not differ significantly from the infection risk seen in new pacemakers. Used pacemakers are safe to use but you won’t see them recycled in the U.S. because the FDA, at the insistence of the pharmaceutical […]