Category Archives: Personal Injury

Lawsuit Filed Against Jack Stand Manufacturer
A lawsuit has been filed against Harbor Freight, a company that manufactures jack stands. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff was underneath his pickup truck when his jack stand collapsed onto his chest. The plaintiff suffered severe injuries as a result of the jack stand failure. The plaintiff alleges that the jack stand suffered… Read More »

Company Says It Cannot Eliminate All Instances Of Airbags Exploding
The NHTSA issued a recall to ARC Automotive, a company that manufactures airbags for passenger vehicles. The airbags have been linked to eight explosions that caused two fatalities. Generally speaking, airbag explosions cause extreme injury and usually death. The problem is linked to the inflator which inflates much too quickly, resulting in a much… Read More »

Manufacturers And Retailers May Be Liable In A Product Liability Case
Anyone who is injured by a dangerous or defective product may be entitled to file a product liability lawsuit. In many product liability lawsuits, there is more than one defendant. Defendants can include both the company that manufactured the defective product and the retailer that sold it. In this article, we will discuss product… Read More »

How The National Electrical Safety Code Impacts Electrocution Lawsuits
If you have been injured due to electrocution, there are several things that you need to know. One of the most important is that the accident may not have been your fault. If so, you may be entitled to file a lawsuit against the company that maintained the dangerous condition on their premises. You… Read More »

Kratom Product Liability Lawsuits
Kratom is sold as a natural herbal remedy but in reality, it is a dangerous drug that can lead to death. It is widely available across the U.S. and only a handful of states have outlawed the substance. Two recent wrongful death lawsuits were filed against kratom manufacturers and suppliers. Both of these cases… Read More »

Goodyear, FedEx Face Lawsuit Over Faulty Tires After Deadly Crash
An Alabama woman has launched a lawsuit against Goodyear and FedEx after a tire blowout accident claimed the life of her husband. According to the wrongful death lawsuit, FedEx employed faulty retread tires that resulted in a FedEx truck blocking traffic. Her husband then slammed into the back of the FedEx truck. The lawsuit,… Read More »

Wrongful Death Filed Over Contaminated Eye Drops
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Amazon and the manufacturer of EzriCare eye drops after one of their customers became infected with a treatment-resistant bacterial infection known as pseudomonas aeruginosa. The infection led to the death of a customer and the family has filed a lawsuit claiming that both Amazon and the… Read More »

Los Angeles Ordered To Pay $38 Million In Electrocution Accident Lawsuit
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) recently agreed to pay $38 million to the family of a father and daughter who were killed in an electrocution accident. LADWP admitted that serious failures contributed to the danger posed to the public after the two were killed by a downed power line. The… Read More »

Can Amazon Be Held Liable For Defective Third-Party Products?
Amazon is now one of the largest vendors in the world. It is home to more than 350 million individual products. What happens when someone is injured or killed due to a defective product sold over Amazon’s website? Can Amazon be held liable for these injuries? Initially, Amazon had argued that it was not… Read More »

Firefighting Foam The Subject Of A Class-Action Lawsuit
Dupont is among the named defendants in a lawsuit filed concerning the toxic nature of foam used to fight fires. The city of Stuart, Florida is the venue for the first of three bellwether trials set to commence over whether or not PFAS found in firefighting foam contaminated water supplies. The foam is believed… Read More »