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Defective Airbag Lawsuits In Florida
Recently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a recall for over 52 million airbag systems installed in cars across the United States. These airbags are believed to have defective inflators that can explode in the faces of drivers when they deploy. Following an 8-year investigation into the airbags, the NHTSA declared that… 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 »
Family Sues After Disabled Woman Falls On Disney Jungle Cruise Excursion
The family of a disabled woman has filed a lawsuit against Disney which has now been converted into a wrongful death claim. According to the lawsuit, the woman was attempting to board a Jungle Cruise Line attraction. The woman allegedly broke her femur in an attempt to board the attraction and 5 months later,… Read More »
Hyundai Sued After Rear-End Accident Collision
Hyundai lost a record $38.1 in a product liability lawsuit involving a traffic accident. The plaintiff was catastrophically injured in the crash suffering paralysis injuries. While wrongful death lawsuits seem like they would pay out the most money, catastrophic injury suits are generally more expensive to settle. In these cases, the plaintiff requires intensive… Read More »
New Article Shines Light On Crew Sexual Assaults Aboard Cruise Ships
A recent article published by the Orlando Sentinel outlines one of the largest problems facing the cruise industry: Sexual assault. In cases where the sexual assault is committed by a passenger, issues related to liability can be difficult to tease out and are often not clear until after litigation has occurred. However, when the… Read More »
Goodyear G159 Back In News Amid DOJ Probe
Halpern, Santos, & Pinkert recently settled a case involving Goodyear’s notorious G159 tire. The tire was initially designed for box trucks but in order to increase the market share, it was marketed for use with RVs where it proved disastrous. Box trucks and delivery vehicles generally operate in urban areas where they make several… Read More »
Catheter Device Blamed For Injuries To Patients
Bard PowerPort is a catheter device that is implanted just below the skin. However, some claim that the device is intrinsically defective, prone to breaking off, and then small metal shards can migrate throughout the bloodstream causing a significant risk of injury. According to plaintiffs, the device has a design flaw that makes it… Read More »
Why Insurance Companies Admit Guilt In Traffic Accidents
In many cases, the issue of guilt is already decided. The rules of traffic provide a basis for determining whether or not a driver is at fault. In other cases, it can go either way and the insurance company might still admit liability in one form or another. In one case involving a herniated… Read More »
Understanding Rollover Accident Lawsuits
Rollover accident lawsuits occur for a number of different reasons and often cause serious injury to drivers and passengers. There are a number of different reasons that rollover accidents occur. Such accidents are filed under theories of traffic accident liability and product liability and potentially name multiple defendants as liable parties. For this reason,… Read More »
