Product Liability Articles

AutoNation sells used vehicles with unrepaired defects, according to a new report from the US PIRG Education Fund and the Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety Foundation. AutoNation operates more than 300 dealerships nationwide and is the largest car retailer in the United States. The report surveyed 2,429 vehicles and found 285 unrepaired safety recalls…

Fisher Price, the company well known for making toys and other products targeted toward babies and small children, recently recalled its Rock ‘n Play baby sleeper. The voluntary recall occurred after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission concluded that the baby sleeper had “rollover issues” where babies roll onto their stomachs or sides and cannot…

A Philadelphia jury sent a strong message to Johnson & Johnson regarding the company’s marketing of its prescription drug Risperdal. A Maryland man filed a lawsuit alleging that the company failed to properly acknowledge known risks that the prescription medication could lead to breast growth in boys. The plaintiff, along with several thousand others, sued…

According to the New Jersey State Police, a 10-year-old girl was ejected from a ride called “Extreme” at 6:18 p.m. on October 12, 2019. She suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 7:20 p.m. The minor was at the Deerfield Township Harvest Festival. Police said the…

Recently the Food and Drug Administration announced that it will be investigating over 120 seizure incidents related to the use of vaping pens. The current FDA study regarding vaping is focused on seizure incidents from 2009 to 2019. The first vaping pen patent was registered in 2003, however, in the last decade the popularity and…

General Motors recently issued a recall for 3.5 million U.S. pickup trucks and SUVs to address a vacuum pump issue that makes braking more difficult and has been linked to 113 accidents and 13 injuries. GM previously issued a recall in Canada for 300,000 vehicles. The affected vehicles are the 2014-2018 Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Silverado,…

An Ohio man, Ross Emery, died in his sleep in early September from carbon monoxide poisoning that seeped into his house from the car in his garage. Emery’s 2015 Toyota Avalon, like many cars across the country, includes a keyless ignition system. Unlike a traditional metal car key, cars with a keyless ignition system use…

A California jury awarded $40 million to a woman suffering from mesothelioma. The lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson alleged that the popular baby powder caused her mesothelioma diagnosis in 2017. The Plaintiff’s counsel argued that testing of the woman’s body showed the presence of both tremolite and athophyllite asbestos which are alleged known contaminants of…