Archive for the ‘Product liability’ Category

Woman sues cellphone provider after her mother is killed in auto accident

Posted by brandlawfirm on December 7th, 2009 under Auto Accidents, Product liability  •  No Comments

According to the New York Times, Jennifer Smith, 35, is suing the companies that provided phone and wireless service to the driver who was talking on his cellphone when he hit and killed her mother.  She hopes to prove that the companies should have foreseen the dangers and that they failed to provide adequate warnings.
 
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Zero-motorcycles recalled

Posted by brandlawfirm on November 10th, 2009 under Product liability  •  No Comments

According to ConsumerAffairs.com, Zero Motorcycles Inc. is recalling about 200 off-road motorcycles.  The recall involves model year 2009 Zero X and Zero MX electric motorcycles.  The motorcycles were sold by Zero Motorcycles dealers nationwide from December 2008 through August 2009 for between $7,500 and $8,300.
 
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Chrysler settles wrongful death lawsuit

Posted by brandlawfirm on September 29th, 2009 under Product liability  •  No Comments

According to the Associated Press, the bankruptcy court judge overseeing certain Chrysler assets has approved a $24 million settlement in the death of California longshoreman, Richard Mraz, 38, who was run over by a 1992 Dodge Dakota on April 13, 2004.  Mraz suffered fatal head injuries.  Attorneys for Mraz’s family argued that the truck slipped [...]