Products Liability

Illinois residents who purchased adult snorkeling sets from the big-box retailer Costco between February and July would be wise to check to see if the batch number printed on the snorkel is between 2038 and 2051 or 2102 and 2115. This is because the U.S. Consumer...

Illinois motorists may be aware that several carmakers have vowed to introduce a fully autonomous vehicle within the next few years. This worries consumer advocates as several fatal accidents have occurred that involve vehicles equipped with autonomous systems. One...

This blog recently discussed who may be liable for a dangerous or defective product and there is a long list of who may be liable for placing a dangerous or defective product in the hands of consumers. When a dangerous or defective toy is placed in the hands of a...

Victims of a dangerous or defective product may wonder who is liable for the damages and harm they have suffered. The answer is that the legal process holds a number of parties accountable for the harm caused by a dangerous or defective product to ensure that...

Injuries sustained from a dangerous or defective product can have a dramatic impact on the lives of victims. It is important for victims to be familiar with legal resources protecting them when they have been harmed by a dangerous or defective product and the parties...

When people in the Greater Chicago area think about products liability claims and defective products, they probably think about airbags and baby cribs, items that have, in previous years, been defective, led to deaths and injuries and have been subject to...

Many of our readers in the Chicago area probably know that each year, defective products injure thousands of Americans. However, some people do not know that lawsuits that are based on these types of injuries draw upon an area of law known as "products liability". So,...

Most of our readers in the Chicago area know that car accidents and medical malpractice are the cause of thousands of injuries and even fatalities throughout America each year. It seems like despite all of the public and private efforts to curb these types of...

When we are prescribed medications, we expect that the medicine will do what it is intended. While it is possible that it is not the best medication for the ailment suffered by a patient in Illinois or elsewhere, this likely will not harm the patient but only require...

When we purchase new products or use the ones we currently have, we often do this with little to no thought about the reliability of these products. We presume that they will work in the way that they are intended to for a reasonable amount of time. When products no...