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Did You Know?    
 
 
CPSC staff collects hospital patient injury information
They collect data from each NEISS hospital for every emergency visit involving an injury associated with consumer products. From this sample, the total number of product-related injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms nationwide can be estimated.

 

Have you or a loved one been injured by a product that was not your fault? Click here to contact San Jose Lawyers that handle product liability cases and lawsuits. You have legal rights and options.

 
California Occupants of SUVs and pickups    
 
 
Product Liability Cases Involving SUV ‘s in California
Pickup and SUV occupants 873
precentage 21
Total motor vehicle deaths 4,215

Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data I
 

The manufacturer of a product has the given responsibility of making their product with care. Manufacturers provide the assurance that a purchaser or user of the product suffer a personal injury when using the product as intended by the manufacturer.

 
San Jose Verdicts and Settlements    
 
 
Verdict in California helicopter crash awards pilot killed $8,676,696 (8/22/2003)
In this wrongful death action arising from a helicopter crash, the jury awarded the widow of the pilot $8,676,696 against the manufacturer of the helicopter. Briefly, plaintiff’s decedent, Floyd Hiser, was killed when his helicopter crashed during a
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The products you purchase from San Jose retail stores, wholesalers, supermarkets, or specialty outlets are manufactured with an implicit guarantee that the item is not defective and that the purchaser of the item come to no harm if the manufactured product is used in its intended manner.

Products with a dangerously defective potential rate are a threat to your safety and well-being. An individual who has been loaned or given a defective or negligent product can file product liability claims and take action against those responsible for the defective or dangerous product.

Among the many common consumer products that are recalled are:

  • Automobiles
  • Cribs
  • Strollers
  • Tires
  • Toys
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Food
  • Cosmetics

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San Jose Audio & Video    
 
  PRODUCT LIABILITY
Audio, RM, 8 Kbps, 4:09, 7/9/1998

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Senate Republican leaders have withdrawn a product liability bill that was being blocked by Democrats. The measure would have limited the liability of wholesalers and retailers of products that cause harm. It also would have limited punitive damages against companies with fewer than 25 employees or with annual revenues of less than five million dollars. The measure, which has been debated in various forms for years, was opposed by trial lawyers and consumer group
Source: National Public Radio
 
 
San Jose External Sites    
 
 

How Product Liability Reform Helps Women
PASS PRODUCT LIABILITY REFORM (House of Representatives - April 29, 1997) ... Federal product liability reform legislation follows a provision of Cal
The High Costs of Nader-Tort
In San Francisco alone, product liability settlements have risen by 1016 percent ... Mr. Nader's hand has been strengthened by the California Sup

 


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News about product liability cases in San Jose and nationwide:

Recall of Home Coffeemakers Expands Due To Burn and Fire Hazards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced an extension of a volunta...
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Product Sellers, Rentors, And Lessors
Liability Rules Applicable to Product Sellers, Renters, and Lessors.Product sellers, rentors, and lessors will be liable only for their own failure...
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Product Liability Bill Would Block Lawsuits Against Firearms Industry By Gun Victims
Amendment by Torricelli and Feinstein Only Hope to Preserve Strategy of Tobacco-Like Suits Against Gun Industry

The first major bi...

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Product Liability Terms

 


Today's Terms

Strict Products Liability

Definition:
The legal liability of manufacturers and sellers to compensate buyers, users, and bystanders for damages or injuries suffered because of defects in good purchase or a tort which makes the manufacturer or seller liable if the product has a defective condition that makes it unreasonably dangerous.

Assumption of Risk

Definition:
This means that you knew of the risks in using the product, but you decided to use the product anyway.

Dispute Resolution Programs

Definition:
During mediation, both sides involved in the dispute meet with a neutral third party and create their own agreement jointly. In contrast, in arbitration the third party decides how to settle the problem.

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Product Liability Resources

 


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Product Liability Hot Topics

 
Topics Related to Product Liability:

  • Automobiles
  • Cribs
  • Strollers
  • Tires

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San Jose Product Liability Attorney

 
If you live in the following cities and need an product liability attorney you should contact our Product Liability Attorney as soon as possible:

  • Antioch
  • Bell
  • Hawthorne
  • Long Beach
  • Los Angeles
  • Norwalk
  • Oceanside
  • Pacoima
  • Santa Ana
  • South Gate
  • Norwalk
  • Oceanside
  • Oxnard
  • Pacoima
  • Pittsburg
  • Santa Ana
  • South Gate
  • Sylmar
  • Watsonville
  • Westminster
  • Fremont
  • Fresno
  • Hawthorne
  • Hayward
  • Hesperia
  • Huntington Beach
  • Huntington Park
  • Indio
  • La Habra
  • La Puente
  • Laguna Niguel
  • Lake Forest
  • Lancaster
  • Livermore
  • Long Beach
  • Los Angeles
  • Lynwood
  • Merced
  • Milpitas
  • Montebello
  • Moreno Valley
  • Napa
  • North Hollywood
  • Norwalk
  • Oceanside
  • Ontario
  • Oxnard
  • Pacoima
  • Palmdale
  • Panorama City
  • Pico Rivera
  • Pittsburg
  • Pomona
  • Porterville
  • Reseda
  • Rialto
  • Riverside
  • Rosemead
  • Sacramento
  • Salinas
  • San Diego
  • San Francisco
  • San Jose
  • San Pedro
  • Santa Ana
  • Simi Valley
  • South Gate
  • South San Francisco
  • Sylmar
  • Tulare
  • Union City
  • Vacaville
  • Victorville
  • Vista
  • Watsonville
  • Westminster
 


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