Product Liability Questions...

Whiplash from defective patio set... 
I bought this patio set in May. The metal broke when I sat in the chair and my head and neck slammed into the patio. I have whiplash and I don't know when …

Guest at meeting sits in and breaks chair... 
At a business meeting, a guest sat in a chair that broke during the presentation. The chair(s) were in good working condition (used each week). The guest …

Kidney cancer from diabetes medications? 
I am on a bunch of diabetes medicines: levimere, novolog, glimperide, januvia, and I have been on actos, byetta, and a few more. I just had a cancerous …

Lost a tooth from biting into a piece of hard shell in a clam cake... 
I was at a restaurant eating clam cakes. I bit into the clam cake and there was a very hard shell that ended up cracking my tooth down to the root. I told …

Son has broken femur due to shoe falling apart while playing basketball... 
My son fell and broke his right femur during a basketball game with friends at church. At the time of the fall, he was shooting the ball and his right …

Daughter used a facemask product and now has no eyebrows... 
Me and my 10 year old have a little pamper time once every other month. We both use face mask, because of her age she only uses a small amount and only …

Automobile Manufacturing Defect Causes Steering Wheel to Lock... 
Good Morning. On March 3rd, 2013 I had an accident on I-20 westbound driving from Pennsylvania to Arizona. This was not my first time driving across the …

Back injury due to recliner's leg rest failing to lock in place... 
My dad was getting out of his recliner when the leg rest failed to lock in place. It jerked up and knocked him down. He fell and fractured a cervical vertebrae. …

Eye Lashes Fell Out After Using Mascara... 
I purchased a mascara on 12/24 and I applied the mascara on my top eye lashes only on 12/24 and 12/25. On 12/26, my eyelashes from the inner corner to …

Defective Shoes Caused Fall Down Steps... 
I was walking down steps when my shoes rolled over causing me to fall down the flight of stairs. I was hospitalized 2 weeks. I received a broken ankle …

Finger Tip Ripped Off Due to Faulty Equipment... 
I was at work when my left index finger got caught in a machine. The finger tip was basically ripped off to the first knuckle. According to OSHA's report …

Chair Broke In a Shopping Mall Food Court... 
My mother was in a shopping mall eating inside the food court. She was sitting normally when a leg on the chair she was sitting in broke and she fell onto …

Purchased a previously recalled swingset... 
I purchased a playset / swingset for my kids in the fall of 2008. We got it at a large retail store on clearance as it was an older model from 2006. Late …

To Get Legal Help or Not? 
I am involved in a defective product personal injury case. I am at the point where I have an insurance company asking me to write a statement on how the …

Found a piece of glass in my makeup... 
I have used the same makeup foundation for as long as I can remember and I have never had an issue until now. My makeup tube is completely enclosed so …

Bit Into a Metal Rod in My Pizza... 
I purchased a frozen "brick oven" mushroom and spinach pizza from the store. After cooking it I took a bite and bit into a metal rod that broke my tooth. …

Broken Metal Plate in Leg... 
I have had an injured leg since childhood. Last year I had surgery during which the leg was repaired using a metal plate and several pins. I have been …

Food Poisoning After Restaurant Served Raw Chicken... 
My daughter and I ate at a national chain restaurant only a few hours ago. I ordered her the chicken tenders and when they arrived they didn't look the …

Can We File 2 Actions in Small Claims Court for Injuries from a Defective Refrigerator? 
Our refrigerator is defective. It has been grinding plastic in the ice machine, then freezing this plastic into the ice cubes. We have been ingesting this …

Broken Tooth from Almond Shell in Cereal... 
Every morning I have the same thing for breakfast, greek yogurt and crunchy cereal. This morning I was eating and I felt the most excruciating pain. …

Viewing Settlement Agreement in Mass Tort Case... 
I hired an attorney for a personal injury case. I was put in a mass tort and the company (defendant) wanted to settle, which my attorneys agreed to. Shouldn't …

Shower Door Fell and Broke My Foot... 
I was taking a shower in my apartment and suddenly the sliding glass shower door fell on top of my foot. I had extreme pain and deep cut. I went to ER …

Malfunctioning Bathroom Door Shatters... 
I have a glass door in my bathroom that has malfunctioned several times. I went to slide it open today and the wheels got stuck and the door fell off and …

Defective Stair Rail Causes Injuries in Fall... 
Two weeks ago I fell and was injured in my condominium. I slipped on carpeted stairs and grabbed the stair rail. The rail broke off in brackets (cheap …

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Ate Chocolate Contaminated with Glass... 
My 2 year old daughter and I consumed chocolate from a major manufacturer that was contaminated with glass. We went to the ER to get x-rays a few hours …

Broken Toothpick in a Sandwich... 
I bought a sandwich from a sandwich shop which uses toothpicks to hold the wrap on. I was eating the sandwich and felt something sharp in my mouth at …

Grocer's Liability for Dog Bones? 
I purchased a package of round bones, packaged and labeled "bones for dogs" on the grocers own label. He ate the center out of it like normal. After …

Child Almost Dies When Strangled in Pickup Truck Window... 
On November 11, 2011, at 5:00pm, our 2 year old grandson was strangled in my husband's pickup truck window. With no heartbeat or breath, my frantic husband …

Power Tool Malfunction Causes Injury... 
I was hoping you could comment on the following personal injury product liability scenario... Ben purchases an electric saw at a national chain home …

Shards of Glass in Ice Cream Sundae... 
We were on a flight and had just been served our ice cream sundaes and I started eating it. All of a sudden I bit down and noticed the ice cream was very …

Mouth Injured by Piece of Plastic in a Box of Cookies... 
I was eating out of a package of animal cookies we had bought that day from the store. I put what I thought was a piece of cookie in my mouth and felt …

Chipped Tooth Biting Into a Piece of Pizza... 
I bought a pizza last night from a restaurant and today I bit into a leftover piece and unexpectedly bit into a piece of plastic, chipping my front tooth …

Found Metal Slivers in Bread... 
I was with my family shopping at a supermarket and we decided to have a sub from the deli. I was nearly finished with my sub when I found shreds of metal …

Food Poisoning from Frozen Sherbert... 
My boyfriend brought some frozen sherbert from a large chain supermarket. The first night he ate some he got very ill. I didn't know he got sick because …

Cut by a Drinking Glass... 
I bought a set of drinking glasses from a major chain retail store. When I took them home I decided to hand-wash them since they had smudges on them. One …

Tooth Damage After Biting Into Coffee Cake... 
I was eating a coffee cake I bought at a large grocery store chain and I bit into a walnut shell. I had to get my tooth worked on as it had cracked due …

Cut Foot on a Chair... 
I bought a kids chair at a major chain retail store for my four year old daughter. She cut the bottom of her foot on the top of the chair. After inspecting …

Child's Finger Almost Severed at Department Store... 
My two year old stuck his hand in the bathroom door as it was closing (where the hinges close) at a major department store. My wife almost pulled him …

Claim Against Drug Maker... 
I was prescribed a medication and it caused me to have seizures. I then had to stay in the hospital and also lost my short term memory for many months. …

Fell Out of My Truck and Hurt My Back... 
I just bought electric power steps for my truck in July to help me get in and out of my vehicle because I'm disabled. The steps they installed were not …

Chipped Tooth from Bagel? 
I am a manager at a bagel shop. It is a franchise which my family owns and operates. We are required to bake our products every 4 hours to maintain product …

Defective Product Lawsuit After Fracturing my Ankle? 
On November 8, 2011 I was walking inside my apartment with my son and fell. I am positive that the reason I fell was my new shoes. There was no wet floor …

Second Degree Burns Caused by a Halogen Lamp... 
My daughter and I were shopping in a local store looking at desk lamps. One was a goose neck 40w halogen lamp that was clamped on to the front of a shelf. …

Sharp piece of plastic in jar of baby food... 
I was feeding my 9 month old daughter a jar of baby food tonight (would rather not include brand name at this moment). When she was almost to the bottom …

Injured by Chair at Casino... 
I am in my 50's and was attempting to leave an aisle within an Indian Casino when I fell very hard to the concrete floor and into an adjoining chair's …

Light Bulb Exploded and Burned Child... 
We were sitting in our living room when the bulb in the ceiling fan exploded. The pieces of the bulb fell and burned the upper lip of my 15 month old child. …

Hurt By A Machine While Working Out... 
I started off my workout routine at my local gym as usual today around 6:00 pm. Around 6:30 I was working out on a machine I have used at another local …

Finger Injured When Sitting on a Chair in a Restaurant... 
I sat on a loose chair at a local restaurant. I tried to pull up the chair to the table and my finger penetrated between the base of the chair and the …

Sat on Defective Chair at Work... 
I work at a power plant. We use rolling office chairs in our control rooms. Today as I sat down on one of our chairs, the chair broke right in half and …

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Burned by Cell Phone Charger... 
Okay, so I just upgraded to the new iPhone 4S and Friday night I plugged it in to charge. When I unplugged the charger from the wall it hit my leg and …

Injured by Metal Wire in Food... 
I went to a restaurant in Miami, Florida last week and ordered a shrimp dish. I found a metal wire in my food while chewing. It cut my mouth from inside. …

Mouth Injured by Plastic in My Food... 
One of my friends bought a California type roll and we were eating it together. After few bites I felt something in my mouth and got hurt by it. When I …

Sliced hand while opening a defective jar... 
I just wanted to share something that happened to my wife last night. She was opening a jar of chicken marsala when the jar broke and sliced open her hand. …

Dentist Bill Compensation? 
I went to a restaurant called and got Chinese take out. While I was eating the white rice I bit down on a rock which chipped and cracked some teeth. Now …

Walking Shoes Caused Fractured Kneecap... 
I fell and fractured my knee cap. I was wearing toning shoes which have "bumps" on the bottom. I believe that one of them snagged on something on the road …

Broken Molar From Biting Into a Piece of Porcelain... 
I was eating a salad and bit into something large and hard that broke my molar. It was a piece of porcelain from another salad bowl. They took an incident …

Found a Worm Inside an Orange... 
I went to a national chain retail and food superstore in Tennessee and purchased some oranges so that I could make a home remedy drink for my cold. One …

Compensation for loss of a tooth? 
I bit into a rice cake bought at a grocery store and was injured. I felt something hard between my top and bottom tooth and a sharp prick into my upper …

Injured from Falling Off a Faulty Bar Stool... 
I went with my fiancé and my good friend to a wine bar last night in on Park Ave in New York City. While enjoying my first glass of wine and a panning, …

Can I sue for personal injury due to defective furniture? 
My husband and I just purchased a bedroom set from a local furniture store. It was delivered and set up by the furniture store employees. I signed paperwork …

Bit Into a Piece of Glass in a Salad... 
On Friday, October 14, 2011, my wife and I was eating at national chain restaurant in Chesapeake, VA. While my wife was eating her food, she bit into a …

Bite was taken out of my buscuit at a fast food restaurant... 
I ordered food to-go at a fast food restaurant. When I got home it appeared a bite had been taken out of one of the biscuits in my order. I tried to call …

Faulty Elevator Door Knocked 75 Year Old Woman to the Ground... 
In September 2011 my mother, sister, daughter and myself traveled from Iowa to a hotel in Alabama. As we were going to our room on the 4th floor, my sister …

Medical Product Liability Settlement... 
I had a triple hernia operation. It turned out the mesh used in the operation was defective. It melted into my internal organs and was so hard it was nearly …

Cut Hands While Using a Product That Broke... 
I was slicing apples with an apple slicer I bought from a national chain retail store. It was a pretty sturdy item (or so I thought), and I actually got …

Food Poisoning from Grocery Store... 
I ate a meal at a major grocery store chain in May and got food poisoning. I fell in the bathroom and hit my head so I went to the emergency room for tests. …

Broken Tooth in a Restaurant... 
I was eating a salad and my tooth broke when I bit down on a crouton. The crouton was much harder than a normal crouton should be. Is the restaurant liable …

Chair Collapsed While Shopping... 
I was shopping at a major chain department store when a chair collapsed when I sat on it today. I told two of the people that worked there and they removed …

Children Served Ice Cream Containing Alcohol... 
I took my children to a local ice cream parlor and my 8yr old ordered white chocolate ice cream with gummy bears. She went outside and began to eat the …

Suing for Injuries from a Broken Ladder? 
My boyfriend was doing some roof work for a friend. The bottom of the aluminum ladder he was using broke off and he fell and split his head open. He refused …

Broken Tooth from Glass in Hamburger... 
While eating a hamburger at a local restaurant I bit down on a 3" piece of broken glass that was inside the sandwich. I broke a back molar and required …

Cervical Fracture Repair with Faulty Plate... 
I had neck surgery and 3 months post op my plate broke while simply carrying groceries into the house (I had been cleared to lift 25lbs per my doctor). …

Dishwasher Cable Broke and Injured Leg... 
I opened my dishwasher and the door came slamming on my leg and badly bruised it. The cable broke and I hardly ever even used the dishwasher. My leg is …

Contusion and Whiplash Injuries from Postal Service Moving Equipment... 
I was injured while working for the United States Postal Service. I was walking in a hallway area while a vehicle pulling 2 large metal containers filled …

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Finger Tip Amputated Due to Unsafe Working Conditions... 
I was working at a pipe coating plant and got the tip of my middle finger amputated (on my left hand) by a new kind of pipe that we normally don't work …

Restaurant served dairy after being told of child's allergy... 
We went out to eat and asked if the restaurant had a Dairy Free Frozen Drink. The employee said yes, "the Breeze". We asked if she was sure there was no …

Broken tooth from biting on a rock in a salad... 
I purchased a salad to go at a big international chain Mexican restaurant this evening. When I got home & was eating it, I bit down onto a pea sized rock …

Burned by Coffee Machine at Work... 
Three weeks ago a waitress was making coffee and got burned when coffee grinds fell on her hand and elbow. She had 3rd degree burns. Today, my daughter …

Back Injury from Faulty Bed... 
I bought a bed from a company and I have to pay the bed off weekly. Last night I crawled onto the bed to go to sleep but three of the slats fell through …

Faulty Oven Door Causes Injury... 
I was in a rental property and the oven door front panel fell off. I stepped on it accidentally while I was cooking which butterflied (cut) my toe severely. …

Faulty sliding glass case door fractures toes... 
On November 15, 2010, I went into a donut shop around 5:30am to get some donuts (of course). I also wanted a milk and soda for my daughter and myself. …

I Broke My Wrist at Work... 
I work for a company that makes boxes and uses heavy machinery. I was working on the Corrugator Machine and the C-Clamp slipped off the belt that we were …

Child Shocked by Electrical Wire... 
I've been trying to find a lawyer that will actually help my daughter. She is 11 yrs old now. On August 1st of 2010 my daughter was outside playing in …

Compensation for Emotional Distress? 
I was driving down the highway in my new car when without warning the car burst into flames. The passengers were able to escape unharmed physically, but …

Plastic Pieces Found in Drink... 
I stopped at a restaurant to purchase a fruit drink and a couple of meals. When I get home and began to drink I felt pieces of something come through the …

Mailing Physical Evidence... 
I injured a tooth after biting into a piece of metal in a package of mixed nuts. The CEO of the company says that he wants to see the piece of metal although …

Tanning Cream Causes Blackened Skin... 
I saw that all my friends use an over the counter tanning cream so I bought one. I didn't want to put it all over my body unless I tried it in a small …

Sick After Finding a Cockroach in my Food... 
I have never been so sick! I was eating a sundae from a chain restaurant today and a texture in my mouth was very noticeable. I looked at my spoon and …

Cut Finger on Faulty Can... 
I was injured when I opened up a so-called "easy open" can of fruit. The pop top broke and I had to use a can opener to get the can open enough to get …

Product Liability Lawsuit for Faulty Chair.... 
I was at a department store and sat on a patio chair at bar height when it crashed to the ground. It broke in two places and my neck and arm were injured. …

How Does Product Liability Affect an Auto Accident Claim? 
How does a product liability claim against a manufacturer affect a personal injury claim against a negligent driver? A negligent driver causes an injury. …

Defective Facial Care Product Causes Injury... 
I recently signed up to be an e-representative for online shopping and I brought products as well. I purchased a facial care product - a facial mask for …

Severe cut to finger from sharp edge on a "pop-top" can... 
After opening a "pop-top" can of olives and reaching into it to get a few olives for dinner I cut my middle finger's knuckle nearly to the bone. There …

Burned by Defective Car Seat... 
In 2009 I was burned by my heated car seat in my foreign luxury car. My skin blistered, I got medical attention and was treated and released. I contacted …

Faulty Coffee Maker Causes Fire... 
In Oct 2008, a coffee maker caused a fire that destroyed my home. My homeowners insurance paid the policy in full but it wasn't enough to make the home …

Product Liability Case for Malfunctioning Toy... 
My friend Jenny's daughter Maggie got a Christmas gift which was bought at major retail chain store. This gift was a brand new doll manufactured by a major …

Severed Finger While Using an Engine Stand... 
I was injured after using an engine stand that I own. I went to rotate the engine when the end of my middle finger on my non-dominant hand was severed …

Settlement for Biting Into Glass at a Restaurant? 
I was at restaurant eating and I bit into a piece of glass a little less than an inch long. I called for our waitress and she notified the acting manager. …

Injured by Malfunctioning Door at the Hospital... 
I was leaving the hospital through the automatic sliding door. It malfunctioned and flew off the hinges and hit me in the head, knocking me unconscious …

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Who is Responsible if a Dangerous Toy Injures a Child? 
We purchased a robotic toy from a major chain toy store for our son. It has two curly wires that come out from the head as sensors. My kids were told to …

Product Liability Lawsuit Against Pharmaceutical Company... 
I had a bad reaction to dilantin. I have been going around and around with the pharmaceutical company for a while now. I just wanted to know if there is …

Hurt by faulty shower door in my apartment... 
I was injured at my apartment when the sliding shower door collapsed on my right foot. It required six stitches on my middle toe and there was a broken …

Faulty Infusion Machine Causes Diabetic Ketoacidosis... 
I was hospitalized in the ICU for 3 1/2 days due to a faulty infusion set I used with my insulin pump. The infusion set was recalled approximately 1 month …

Do I have Product Liability Claim for this Hair Product? 
Two days ago my seven year old daughter was combing her hair. I bought a de-tangling product for her use. This is a 5 oz. plastic de-tangling conditioner. …

Glass in my frozen pizza... 
I got injured by chewing on a piece of glass that was in my slice of packaged homemade frozen pizza. I'm pretty sure the packaging company was responsible …

Ruptured Silicone Breast Implants 
In March of 2007 I had breast augmentation with silicone breast implants. I have done very well since the surgery as I am an extremely healthy person. …

Faulty Playground Equipment Caused My Son's Head Injury... 
My 15 yr. old son was playing on the swing with other kids and the swing set broke and the top steel bar fell and hit him in the head. The wood that held …

Bloody Chicken Sandwich... 
On November 2, my family and I went to a local fast food chain restaurant. We ordered two combo meals and a single chicken sandwich. While eating our meals, …

A Bed Collapsed and I Suffered a Laceration to My Foot  
While at the home of a relative, I sat on a bed which collapsed on the back of both feet. The left heel suffered a laceration which required immediate …

I Fell 6-7 Feet Off a Rope Ladder Hung on Rotten Wood... 
I fell approximately 6-7 feet to the ground and landed on my left shoulder. After lying on the ground for about a minute, I tried to get up using my arms. …

Replacement Knee Failure... 
In the spring of 2008 my wife was diagnosed with total knee failure. The doctor recommended a full knee replacement. After much discussion and research …

Signing the Medical Release Form... 
A bar on the top of a door fell off and hit me. The Company that installed the bar, did not install it properly and I was told the wrong bar was put up, …

Class Action Settlement... 
(Regarding the inco settlement in Port Colborne Ontario.) A lot of people here in town think they are going to receive money because of the settlement …

Help! Local pharmacy gave me the wrong medication... 
I am in the process of negotiating a settlement with the claims adjusters for a huge pharmacy chain in which I was given the wrong prescription. I thought …

Burned by Boiling Hot Water 
This happened 30 years ago so this could be a mute subject. I was burned when I was 14 years old at a Howard Johnson Restaurant off the Pennsylvania …

Damaged Appliances due to Transformer Blowout 
We have had several transformers blow in our neighborhood in the past 6 months. I have had several electrical items and outlets that no longer work. I've …

Found metal in frozen pancakes... 
I purchased a bag of frozen pancakes from the supermarket yesterday. I had eaten two and then got two out for my daughter. I then found what appeared to …

Aspartame Poisoning Eye Problems 
I have problems with my eye consistent with aspartame poisoning symptoms after 3-1/2 months use of aspartame-sweetened cough drops. I would like info regarding …

Declining a Previously Accepted Settlement Offer 
I was eating a bag of chips and it cracked my tooth. I called the vendor and advised them of this incident. I was asked a number of question which one …

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