Blog: Product Liability
- 2023 Fabuloso Multi-Purpose Cleaners Recall & Class Action Lawsuit
Feb 17, 2023
Colgate-Palmolive has recently announced a recall of its popular Fabuloso Multi-Purpose Cleaners due to concerns that the products may expose consumers to harmful bacteria. This Feb. 8, 2023 recall was in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Consumers who have purchased these products are recommended to stop using them immediately. Why were the Fabuloso products recalled? The recall was initiated due to concerns about potentially harmful Pseudomononas species bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens,...Read More - Autonomous Vehicles—Collision Avoidance Technology
Aug 4, 2021
Making It Easier and Safer: How Should The Civil Justice System Respond? In 1968, Herbie was the star of a movie called The Love Bug. Herbie was a fictionalized version of what the auto industry and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration now call “autonomous” or “driverless vehicles.” Over the years, movie goers and TV audiences have laughed, cheered and marveled at similar cars in the Batman series, I Robot, the Minority Report and the Knight Rider...Read More - Corporations Are Subject to Product Liability Suit in States Where They Market Their Products
Aug 4, 2021
Holding Multi-National and Interstate Corporations Subject To Suit In The States Where They Market Their Products Is Appropriate. When the defendant’s product—designed and sold outside the Commonwealth—is used in the forum state while in a defective condition (that existed when it was first released into the stream of commerce) and the injury occurs in the forum, the tort has “arisen out of or relates to” the defendant’s activities, and jurisdiction lies in the Commonwealth. The location...Read More - Pennsylvania Products Liability Law and The Consumer Expectation Test of Defect
Aug 4, 2021
Protecting Consumers From Defective Products Every day, millions of Pennsylvanians purchase or use products designed, manufactured and distributed by companies yearning for a profit and distributing their goods across this country. Whether the product is as simple as a ladder or a helmet, or as complex as a motor vehicle filled with electronic gadgetry, we all depend upon these consumer goods to meet our expectations, providing the benefit for which they are marketed. And, when a...Read More - 7 Most Common Defenses to Product Liability Claims
May 3, 2021
Defenses to product liability claims are employed by companies to avoid paying out damages in the event of a personal injury lawsuit. The act of filing a claim for product liability can seem daunting. After suffering an injury through no fault of their own, many victims are then faced with the stress of rapidly accumulating medical bills, painful recovery, and the prospect of taking on a larger legal team backed by deep corporate pockets. With...Read More