Category: Product Liability Blog

While reusable metal straws are being promoted as being safer for the environment than their plastic counterparts, a new story out of England shows they may not be safe for humans. Elena Struthers-Gardner was holding a glass that contained a 10-inch-long stainless-steel straw. She fell while walking due to a…

About 4.7 million Rock ’n Play Sleepers have been recalled by Fisher-Price after a Consumer Reports investigation warned that at least 32 infants had died in the sleepers over the past 10 years. The company issued the recall on April 12, saying that babies who were placed unrestrained in the…

CHICAGO (March 26, 2019) – During flight simulations recreating problems encountered by the Lion Air plane that crashed in Indonesia last fall, pilots discovered they had less than 40 seconds to override an automated system on Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft. The pilots tested the software, known as MCAS, by putting themselves in…

CHICAGO (March 19, 2019) – About three dozen lawsuits have been filed following the fatal crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 in Indonesia that killed 189 people last year. Now that a second Boeing aircraft has crashed in Ethiopia, plaintiffs lawyers are looking into whether there could be a…

HARTFORD, Conn. (March 15, 2019) –  The Connecticut Supreme Court has reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting against Remington Arms, the manufacturer of the rifle used in the shooting. An eventual ruling against Remington could establish legal precedent, opening…

CHICAGO (March 11, 2019) – Hundreds of veterans are filing lawsuits against a government contractor that manufactured and sold defective combat earplugs to the military. 3M’s trademarked, dual-ended Combat Arms earplugs were touted as a mechanism to block out damaging combat sounds such as explosions and gunfire while allowing soldiers…

CHICAGO (May 12, 2017)- A recent report claims a number of parked, turned-off BMW cars have suddenly, and inexplicably burst into flames. Dozens of incidents have been reported across the country in which the luxury cars caught fire, despite the fact the affected owners had parked and turned off their…

Blood clot filters are supposed to help save lives. They are commonly used on patients who are unable to tolerate blood-thinning medications. However, NBC News recently conducted an investigation into one U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved device: The Recovery blood clot filter by C.R. Bard, Inc. The news organization…

The Stryker Citation is a hip replacement component tipped with titanium. Used along with the Accolade and Meridian, the Citation constitutes parts of a hip implant. Approximately 20,000 people are using Stryker hip replacements in the United States alone. But the implants have been coming under fire for the same…

The Conserve Plus Total hip Resurfacing System, manufactured by Wright Medical Technology, is a hip resurfacing device. The device gained FDA approval in 2009 as one of a number of metal-on-metal hip replacements that have entered the market. The device manufacturer claims it has a wide range of motion for…