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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 Pennsylvania 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.

 
Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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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Pennsylvania 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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Senate Republican leaders have withdrawn a product liability bill that was being blocked by Democrats.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
 
 
Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania and nationwide:

M2Racer LLC Recalls Bicycle Headsets for Fall Hazard
M2Racer has contacted all headset purchasers and received 21 reports of the headsets scoring the front fork assembly on consumers' bicycles. N...
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American Suzuki Motor Corp. Recalls All-Terrain Vehicles
The mounting brackets used to secure the left-front suspension arm to the ATV frame may not have been welded completely and could break off du...
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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

Product Liability Fairness Act

Definition:
Allows unimpaired victims of asbestos exposure to be reimbursed for some medical monitoring costs

Comparative/Contributory Negligence

Definition:
If you are partially or wholly at fault, or you caused your own injuries, you may not be able to recover any compensation.

Manufacturing Defect

Definition:
When one particular product out of many like products has a flaw that makes it unreasonably dangerous, it is said to have a manufacturing defect.

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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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Pennsylvania 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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