Articles Posted in Product Liability

According to Knoxnews.com, the father of a 4-year-old girl whose foot was mangled in an escalator because she was wearing the popular shoe by Crocs, Inc. has settled his multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the company.  

The Daily Record reports a Sparta man will receive $2 million from Yamaha following a snowmobile accident. The judge added $900,000 to the $1.1 million award from the jury.

Toyota has recalled 3.8 million cars, the biggest car recall in their history, for a construction flaw where the floor mat can become lodged under the accelerator pedal, making it impossible to stop the moving vehicle. Vehicles involved in the recall: Toyota Camry: 2007 – 2010 Toyota Prius: 2004 –…

The $300 million awarded to an ex-smoker who needs a lung transplant would be the nation’s largest award to an individual suing a tobacco company, if the award survives appeal, reports the New York Times. The award could also encourage thousands of other smokers to file suit in Florida since…

The Gadsden (Alabama) Times reported that an Etowah County Circuit Court jury has awarded $8.5 million to a woman injured in a 2003 Mercury Mountaineer rollover. Two people were killed in the accident and two were injured, including Latoya Duckett. Ms. Duckett filed a product liability lawsuit against Ford Motor…

According to an exclusive CBS News investigation, there have been 59 deaths and hundreds of injuries linked to Yamaha’s off-road vehicle, the Rhino. CBS reports that before the Rhino was available for sale, it was tested on trails in Kentucky in July 2002. During those tests, Keisuke “Casey” Yoshida, president…

A Lexington, KY hairdresser who became paraplegic after a routine heart surgery has been awarded $9.89 million in the largest medical malpractice verdict ever in Fayette County. The plaintiff had valve surgery in April 2006. The surgery took less than an hour and was successful, but medical experts testified that…

An Indiana woman whose husband committed suicide in January 2008 has filed a lawsuit against Pfizer, the manufacturer of Chantix, a smoking-cessation drug her husband was taking. The woman alleges that the company failed to warn consumers that the prescription medication might cause serious psychiatric symptoms such as suicidal thoughts.…

In South Carolina, thanks to U.S. Judge Joe Anderson and State Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal, settlement records in cases involving public safety have been open for several years. That is a benefit to the public, according to a recent news report, because it lets consumers know just how…

Families have probably heard a lot this year about recalls of defective toys with unsafe lead paint. But as the holidays approach, people buying “toys” for older loved ones should watch out for product defects too. The latest case in point, reported by The State on Nov. 29, is a…