Defective or dangerous products or devices cause thousands of injuries in the United States every year. People harmed by an unsafe product or device may have a cause of action against the individual or company who manufactured, designed, or sold that product or device. Product Liability Law set the parameters and legal rules against individuals or companies who are responsible for the defective products. Product Liability Laws are different from ordinary injury law. The plaintiff, must prove that product or device that caused the injury was indeed defective and that the flaw made this product dangerous and unsafe to use. There are three types of defects that may cause injury. Design defects, meaning there is an error in a product design before it’s manufactured, making it naturally unsafe. Manufacturing defects, develops in the process of assembly of the product or device. Marketing defects, this refers to improper labeling, inadequate instructions or safety warnings. Product liability claims are very complex and establishing legal fault can be quite complicated. At Fenstersheib Law Group, P.A., we are your advocates; we feel your frustration and pain and, along with…Read More
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is the subject of two class-action lawsuits filed in 2014, claiming the company is responsible for giving women ovarian cancer through the use of its talcum powder products, Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower. The suits came one year after South Dakota resident Deane Berg, diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2006, won her legal claim that the company was negligent in not warning users of the greater risk of developing that type of cancer. Earlier this year, a St. Louis jury awarded a $72 million verdict to the family of Jackie Fox, who passed away at the age of 62 after decades of using the products for daily genital dusting. In addition to those verdicts and more than 1,000 legal claims against the company, over 20 studies (some dating as far back as 1971) have also shown potential links between the ingredients used in both of Johnson & Johnson’s powder products and ovarian cancer. Yet, the company adamantly – and dangerously – continues to deny any link between the products in question and ovarian cancer, and has refused to…Read More
Toxic toys sold at California Wal-Mart and Target stores contain lead levels which are noted to be higher than the allowed limits by the federal law on October 2010. According to the Center for Environment Health, they found a chair sold at Target that has lead levels 70 times higher than the allowable amount. Wal-Mart products were also found to have excessive lead levels that include toddler bean bag chairs and children’s boxing gloves. Though the stores were able to pull the products from their shelves, they have not issued a formal recall of the items.Read More
