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The CPSC warns consumers about the hazard of exposure to consumer products containing asbestos
These products include: Asbestos paper and millboard,Asbestos-cement sheet,Dry-mix asbestos furnace or boiler cement,Asbestos wood/coal stove door gaskets,Asbestos laboratory gloves and pads,Asbestos stove mats and iron rests,Central hot-air furnace duct connectors containing asbestos,Bulk asbestos fibers,Some of these products still are for sale or may be in consumers' homes. Handling these products may release asbestos fibers; breathing asbestos fibers is known to cause cancer.

 

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

 
Pennsylvania Occupants of SUVs and pickups    
 
 
Product Liability Cases Involving SUV ‘s in Pennsylvania
Pickup and SUV occupants 271
precentage 17
Total motor vehicle deaths 1,577

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.

 
Philadelphia Verdicts and Settlements    
 
 
Widow of Pennsylvania man killed in blast receives $1.6 million settlement (4/14/2005)
The wife of a Hanover Township, Lehigh County, man who was killed during the 1999 Concept Sciences explosion has settled all legal claims for more than $1.6 million. The evening of Feb. 19, 1999, Terry Bowers, 48, was working as a general manager of
 

The products you purchase from Philadelphia 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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Philadelphia 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
 
 
Philadelphia External Sites    
 
 

MCJI Chapter 25
The following are products liability instructions for cases involving express ... Two public acts passed in late 1995 affect the products liability a
MCJI Chapter 68
Chapter 68: Forms of Verdicts: Products Liability Printable Version. Instructions M Civ JI 68.01 Form of Verdict: Products Liability ...

 


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News about product liability cases in Philadelphia and nationwide:

FDA Statement on Foodborne E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak in Spinach
Update:  Wednesday, September 20, 2006

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will continue to provide the public with regular up...

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Black & Decker Expands Recall of Cordless Electric Lawnmowers Due to Fire Hazard
 

An electrical component in the lawnmowers can overheat, posing a fire hazard.

Black & Decker has received 10 additional ...

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FTC Takes Action Against Marketers of Top-Selling Xenadrine EFX
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a federal district court complaint charging Robert Chinery, Jr., Tracy Chinery, and their company, RTC Resea...
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Product Liability Terms

 


Today's Terms

Unjust Enrichment

Definition:
The general principle of unjust enrichment is that one person should not be able unjustly to enrich himself at the expense of another.

Lemon laws

Definition:
Help protect consumers by requiring a refund or replacement if a substantial problem is not fixed within a reasonable number of attempts or if the vehicle has been out of service for a certain number of days

Seller

Definition:
A person who sells or contracts to sell goods. UCC 2-103(1)(d)

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Product Liability Hot Topics

 
Topics Related to Product Liability:

  • Automobiles
  • Cribs
  • Strollers
  • Tires

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Philadelphia 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:

  • Aliquippa
  • Allentown
  • Bensalem
  • Bethlehem
  • Butler
  • Carlisle
  • Chambersburg
  • Chester
  • Coatesville
  • Coraopolis
  • Downingtown
  • Doylestown
  • East Stroudsburg
  • Easton
  • Greensburg
  • Hanover
  • Havertown
  • Hazleton
  • Irwin
  • Lancaster
  • Lansdale
  • Lebanon
  • Lititz
  • Media
  • Morrisville
  • New Castle
  • New Kensington
  • Norristown
  • Philadelphia
  • Pittsburgh
  • Pottstown
  • Southampton
  • State College
  • Uniontown
  • Upper Darby
  • Warminster
  • Washington
  • West Chester
  • Wilkes Barre
  • Williamsport
  • York
 


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