Product Liability

Published on: September 8, 2011

$12.9 Million awarded in drug Aredia case

by Stephen Bilkis

A three-week trial’s recent outcome awarded $12.9 million to the husband of a woman with severe jaw damage as a result of taking the drugs Aredia and Zometa.

The total award amount was reduced to $1.26 million due to the state’s laws limiting punitive damages, according to New York Injury Lawyers.

Jurors came to the conclusion that Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., with U.S. headquarters in New Jersey was responsible for the woman’s injuries because they failed to warn the woman effectively about the effects of the drugs. Product Liability is often brought to firms in Long Island and Westchester County.

Published on: July 19, 2011

Lean Cuisine Recalled Due to Emergency Button?

by Stephen Bilkis

It was reported in the news recently that the makers of Lean Cuisine issued a voluntary recall of its Spaghetti and Meatball product due to some pieces of red plastic having been found inside the packages, claims a New York Injury Lawyer. What is puzzling the folks at Nestlé, the parent company of Lean Cuisine, is that the pieces of red plastic seem to have come from an emergency stop button.

Sources tell reporters that the emergency stop button is located at various locations along a manufacturing line so that any worker who spots a problem along the line can stop it so that no further problems can occur until that particular problem is corrected. The process has been proven to work at manufacturing facilities throughout the world. What is puzzling about this case is that Nestle says that the way the plant was designed that no emergency stop button is located near those areas that food would be moving past.

As part of Nestlé’s ongoing investigation into how the plastic could have gotten into the product, they have gone so far as to contact their suppliers to see if any of the ingredient shipments could have contained the plastic, the New York City Injury Attorney was informed. Thanks to the implementation of modern technological manufacturing processes, the company has the ability to pinpoint the processed packages down to the minute they are produced. This allowed the company to know precisely which packages to issue the recall.

Published on: June 25, 2011

Sunbeam Products Inc. recalls 159,000 wine bottle openers this week

by Stephen Bilkis

A Manhattan Product Liability Lawyer revealed today that both Sunbeam Products, Inc. and the Consumer Product Safety Commission because of a safety hazard have recalled nearly 160,000 wine bottle openers.

“The products were recalled for injury hazards,” he explained and added, “The Company has received 52 reports of wine bottles breaking while using their opener. 22 of those reports said users had lacerations on their hands.”

“I was carefully opening a bottle of wine when the wine bottle broke and I cut my fingers pretty badly,” one consumer said. “I have to say I am impressed with the way Sunbeam has handled this whole thing. They’ve admitted their mistake and are willing to compensate for it. That seems rare these days!”

Published on: September 5, 2008

A New York Injury Lawyer Says Save Evidence For Products Liablility Cases as well as Slip and Falls.

by Stephen Bilkis

Evidence is one of the keys to all cases but especially in product liability cases. People are often injured as a result of a product being defective. Therefore, it is imperative to secure the product and keep it in as close to the exact condition it was when the accident happened. Take pictures of it and the injury as well. If the article is under someone else’s control do what you can to protect it. There have been incidents of people attempting to purchase the defective item in order to eliminate it as evidence.

If it is a machine that caused your injury, find out who installed it, conducted the maintenance on it, as well as get the instruction manuels and or packing that the machine was delievered in. If you were involved ina slip and fall, keep the shoes you were wearing and try to find the material that caused the slip.If there are witness to the accident try as best you can to get names and addresses so they can be contacted later by your NewYork Injury Lawyer. Your lawyer will try and get their statements, which also can be used as evidence.

Never create evidence for the defendant’s Sometimes after a slip and fall owners or managers of the property where the injury happened will ask you to sign an injury report. As a general rule don’t sign anything! Tell them to forward all documents to your New York Injury Lawyer so it can be properly reviewed. You don’t want them to use your statement against you when you are at your most vulnerable.

Published on: July 17, 2008

If you are injured by a defective product…Contact a Personal Injury Lawyer

by Stephen Bilkis

* Contact our firm immediately.

* SAVE THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT! Also, do not alter or tamper with the product because this could make it difficult to prove your case.

* Save everything related to the defective product, including the sales receipt, instructions, warnings, and accessories.

Published on: June 27, 2008

How Safe are the Toys Your Kids Play With?

by Stephen Bilkis

Although Christmas is still months away, it is never too early for parents to be thinking about toy safety. Given the number of toys the average child has, concerns regarding toy safety should never be far from mind.

* Before allowing your children to purchase a toy or giving a toy as a gift, you should read any warning labels. These labels usually carry recommendations about the minimum appropriate age for a given toy. The labels also tell what precautions should be taken when using the toy. Make sure to follow these recommendations.

* Use your own good sense. For example, bicycles are associated with 300 deaths and 400,000 injuries to children under the age of 15 every year. However, the danger of injury can be greatly lessened if parents simply require their children to wear a helmet. If an injury still results then hire a New York Personal Injury Lawyer