In 2017, 2-year-old Jozef Dudek suffocated after a 30-inch dresser from Ikea tipped over on top of him. His parents, Craig and Joleen Dudek, brought suit against Ikea and claimed Ikea was aware that the dressers “presented an unreasonable tip-over hazard and were dangerously unsafe,” but continued to sell them. Ikea has agreed to pay…
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On November 26, 2019, a couple from Galveston filed a complaint in the Harris County District Court against American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and one of its Dallas automotive dealerships. They allege that their Acura, idling in their driveway, started to spill smoke and burst into flames shortly after, also causing other damages. On January…
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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled earlier this year that Amazon is a “seller” as that term is defined in the Second Restatement of Torts. As a result, Amazon will have to defend a product, sold through its website, that caused injury because the manufacturer cannot be located. The underlying lawsuit stemmed from an…
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Ford recently recalled nearly 550,000 Super Duty SuperCrew trucks across North America with a faulty seatbelt pretensioner design that generates excessive sparks that have caused quickly spreading fires along the cloth and carpet interior lining of the cab. A pretensioner is the part of the seatbelt system that rapidly locks the seatbelt in place in…
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In early 2020, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia will decide whether Amazon is responsible for injuries caused by a defective dog collar sold by a third-party merchant which left a woman legally blind in one eye. In January 2015, Heather Oberdorf was walking her dog when the dog unexpectedly lunged, causing the…
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On October 31, 2019, a Houston woman filed a complaint in the Lufkin Division of the Eastern District of Texas against Monsanto Co., alleging that its Roundup product contributed to her non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The woman began using Roundup in 2000 for residential use, regularly spraying Roundup for weed prevention around her home, in the garden…
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In addition to the tens of millions of vehicles with Takata airbags already under recall, a separate group of 1,400,000 vehicles were recalled on December 4, 2019 because of defective Takata airbags. Takata is recalling vehicles containing certain Non-Azide Driver airbag inflators that were used in some brands of 1995-2000 vehicles. These inflators may absorb…
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E-cigarette retailer, Juul, was recently sued by an ex-senior vice president for retaliation because he raised concern over Juul’s decision to sell contaminated pods to the public, according to the lawsuit. The allegations stem from a March 12, 2019, executive team meeting during which it was revealed that some batches of mint e-liquid were found…
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