Product Liability

  What You Need to Know About Defective Product Law Defective product law governs what happens when a consumer product causes injury. If you’ve been hurt by a malfunctioning appliance, a dangerous toy, or a defective vehicle part, this area of law determines who is responsible and how you can seek compensation.

A product liability lawyer represents clients injured or harmed by a defective product or, conversely, those companies or individuals accused of selling a defective product that harmed a consumer or consumers.

A product liability lawyer assists those severely injured by a defective product and receives compensation for their damages. A product liability attorney is uniquely qualified to advise those injured by a defective product and help victims make a case for compensation against the responsible party.

Product liability is an area of law that ensures consumer safety from hazardous, defective or unsafe products or items that are offered for sale in the marketplace. If or when a consumer is harmed by a defective product, a product liability lawyer can advise the person injured on any claim or cause of action against the responsible party.

With the holiday season in full swing, nonprofit consumer watchdog group World Against Toys Causing Harm (W.A.T.C.H.) has released its 2015 “10 Worst Toys” list as a means to sway parents away from purchasing dangerous items for their youngsters. According to W.A.T.C.H.

It is the kind of thing that Maine personal injury lawyers see all too often – two people have been injured, with one suffering facial fractures, due to a defective wrist strap on a high-powered slingshot. Last week, the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission announced manufacturer Barnett Outdoors, LLC’s recall of its Black Widow slingshots.

Consumers who purchased certain Trek bicycles are advised to consult an authorized dealer regarding a recent recall, which was issued after a rider suffered injuries that led to permanent paralysis. As veteran product liability lawyers, the team at Hardy, Wolf & Downing has served as advocates for clients suffering from a range of injuries inflicted by defective products.

We’ve all heard a story about someone who is injured or becomes sick because they found something in their food that shouldn’t be there. But when it comes to liability, does it matter whether the injury-causing ingredient is a foreign object, or if it’s a natural part of the product? In Estate of Pinkham v. Cargill the Maine Supreme Court provided us with an answer to that very question.

The product liability attorneys at Hardy, Wolf & Downing would like to alert Maine families to a recall announced by Keurig Green Mountain. The company has recalled its Keurig MINI Plus Brewing Systems, a single-serve hot beverage brewer that has found a place in millions of American homes. The recall affects about 6.6 million brewing systems sold in the U.S.

Two former Takata employees recently shared alarming information with regulators, claiming the Japanese manufacturer has known for 10 years that its airbags could cause harm to consumers. Ten years ago, back in 2004, the company secretly tested 50 of its airbags found in scrapyards, after a report surfaced that one of its airbags ruptured and churned out metal debris on an Alabama driver.