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Defective Warning Claims

A product is considered defective if it there is a flaw in its design, if it was improperly manufactured or if the manufacturer failed to provide adequate warnings or directions for its use. The manufacturer has a duty to warn of any known...

Power Window Accidents

Each year, a number of children in the Unites States are killed as a result of strangulation by power windows in cars. In addition, approximately 500 people are reportedly treated in emergency rooms each year for power window injuries. Cars...

Household Refrigerator Safety Act

The headlines are too familiar and too tragic: "Children, 4 and 7, Found in Old Refrigerator, Dead From Suffocation." The Household Refrigerator Safety Act was passed to prevent children from becoming trapped inside refrigerators and suffocating...

Possible Defendants in Product Liability Actions

Possible Defendants in Product Liability Actions

Product liability laws protect consumers from unsafe products. What happens if a consumer doesn't know who manufactures the product? Can anyone else be held...

Intermediaries' Liability for Distributing Drugs and Medical Devices

As a general rule, intermediaries (retailers, distributors, or wholesalers involved in distributing drugs and medical devices) have the same liability for a drug or medical device as the drug company that manufactured the product....