Product Liability Articles

Many times after our skilled team of professional investigators thoroughly examines a personal injury claim, a Beasley Allen lawyer will determine that the injury was caused by a defective product. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost more than $700 billion each year. We help ensure that manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers and others who make products available to the public are held responsible for the injuries those products cause.

A great number of the product liability claims we investigate are single vehicle accidents. In investigating automobile accidents and product liability cases over the past 30 years, we have seen many single vehicle accidents that were caused by a design defect or mechanical problem. Single vehicle accidents where the occupant received injuries disproportionate to the severity of the accident can often be traced back to a defect

Dreamliner battery fix may take months, airline exec says
Posted: February 13, 2013

Boeing is likely several months away from finding a suitable repair to the lithium-ion battery problems that have plagued its new 787 Dreamliner passenger planes, an airline executive said Monday after meeting with Boeing executives in Seattle.

Should FAA reconsider approval of batteries used in Boeing Dreamliner 787 aircraft?
Posted: February 9, 2013

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Deborah Hersman told Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulators Thursday that they should reconsider their approval of the powerful lithium-ion batteries used in Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner jets.

Bad brakes eyed as cause of deadly California bus crash
Posted: February 8, 2013

Authorities investigating the deadly bus crash on a California mountain highway are looking at the vehicle’s mechanical integrity, especially its brakes, in light of reports from the driver and surviving passengers, as well as a company history of brake problems

CPSC Sues Star Networks USA After Continued Sale Of Recalled Magnetic Balls and Cubes
Posted: December 24, 2012

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff filed an administrative complaint against Star Networks USA, LLC, claiming that their Magnicube Magnet Balls and Magnet Cubes not only contained flaws in their design, packaging, warnings and instructions, but posed a considerable

National Safe Toys and Gifts Month coincides with holiday gift-giving season
Posted: December 21, 2012

In order to best prepare the public for the holiday chaos that waits beyond the gates of December, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has declared December as National Safe Toys and Gifts month.

The living room couch could be ruining your health, new study finds
Posted: December 4, 2012

Smoking, tanning, and poor eating are some of the habits commonly blamed for causing cancer, but what about reclining on the living room couch?

Infant sleep positioners tied to increased risk of sudden infant death
Posted: December 3, 2012

Infant sleep positioners (ISPs) that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should not be used because they have been associated with an increased risk of unintentional suffocation and death, the FDA warned.

More products add caffeine, but are they safe?
Posted: December 3, 2012

Caffeine has become the one of the most popular “legal” drugs of choice among food, beverage and cosmetics makers. Earlier this month Frito-Lay announced it was introducing a new caffeinated snack called Jack’D Power Bites, containing sugar, molasses and a

Pepsi launches ‘fat-blocking’ soda in Japan
Posted: November 22, 2012

Pepsi-Cola is launching a new soft drink in Japan that claims to block fat. The new Pepsi Special contains “indigestible dextrin,” also known as dietary fiber, that it claims reduces the amount of fat that’s absorbed into the body and

Frito-Lay to market coffee-infused Cracker Jack snacks
Posted: November 21, 2012

Move over energy drinks. Cracker Jack is entering the caffeine-jolt product business. Frito-Lay announced last week that it will begin selling early next year a new caffeinated snack aptly called Cracker Jack’D Power Bites. The jacked-up snacks will come in