Imagine your phone exploding in your hands. Worse yet, imagine that same phone exploding in your child’s hands. Those are the situations recently faced by some Samsung Note7 owners. Many people know that Samsung has issued a recall of the Note7 phone. But did you know that replacements are also part of the recall? The […]
Product Liability / Defective Products
Cal. Supreme Court Allows New Defense in Product Liability Cases
People are sometimes hurt badly by defective products. Whether it’s a faulty car part that leads to a crash, disease-causing asbestos, or something else, it takes a skilled attorney to identify what went wrong and who is responsible. These tasks are more important than ever after a recent California Supreme Court case that added a […]
Faulty GM Switch Test Lawsuits Settled by GM
Automaker General Motors has settled the last of the test cases over its faulty ignition switches. More than 124 deaths and nearly 300 injuries have been linked to the defective switches, which can slip out of place, stalling major systems and causing a crash. GM received so many lawsuits over the faulty part that six […]
An Easy Fix for Push Button Starter CO2 Risk
Carbon monoxide is a silent killer. The odorless, colorless gas is emitted from some defective home appliances, as well as from car exhaust. The risk it presents is far greater now than ever before, given the advent of keyless cars. Most people are fully aware of the danger inherent in leaving a running car parked […]
Bounce Houses and Serious Head Injuries
Over the most recent 10-year period for which statistics are available, there were 12 deaths attributable to injuries suffered on inflatable amusements such as bounce houses. Particularly tragic are head and neck injuries, which may occur on the amusement or when someone is deflected off of it, onto a hard surface. Inflatable amusements have become […]
