On behalf of Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC on Friday, April 7, 2017. Product liability suits are not merely constrained to defective home products or dangerously false advertising. A case currently playing out in Iowa may have interesting implications for the...
Products Liability
Ladder Falls Can Create Several Kinds of Liability
Ladder falls are a very common way that individuals can suffer very serious injuries. However, in many cases where private citizens slip and fall on ladders, determining who may hold legal liability (and more specifically what party may actually be able to pay for...
Hits Just Keep On Coming With Car Air Bag Recalls
Prior to about 2014, few people knew what a Takata air bag was. Today, nearly everyone probably does and the list of people affected by vehicle recalls because of defects in the car safety devices only continue to grow. As we noted in a post last October, federal...
How Might A Manufacturer Defend Against A Liability Claim?
A product liability claim is a very peculiar kind of liability case, which requires a great deal of preparation and investigation to mount properly. Unlike other types of liability claims, which are often relatively straightforward in establishing the responsibility...
Negligence and Reasonableness in Product Liability Claims
When an injury happens as a result of carelessness, the injured party will have the right under the law in most cases to seek financial restitution from the careless, or at-fault party if the carelessness was at the level of "negligence." Defined as an individual...