Product liability occurs when consumers are put at risk by consuming or using a product that fails to provide safety, resulting in either death or injury of a consumer.
In one case of fabric flammability, a Pennsylvania clothing company, Blair Corporation, was charged for a Connecticut woman’s 2005 wrongful death when her robe caught on fire. Atwilda Brown’s chenille robe caught on fire when she was making tea. She was able to call 911 but died by the time paramedics arrived because her robe burned so quickly. There are nine other wrongful death cases against Blair Corporation pending nationally involving Blair chenille garments involving mostly women who were in their 80’s.
Blair Corporation made their highly flammable robes in Pakistan, which violated the federal flammability standards for sleepwear. With the insistence of Consumer Product Safety Commission, Blair Corporation expanded their recall to cover most of their women’s chenille sleepwear that were sold in their Blair catalog, their website and in Blair stores in Pennsylvania and Delaware from January 2003 through March 2009.
Stratton Faxon, a trial law firm in Connecticut, encourages consumers to be ever watchful and report any injuries involving these and various products that fail the public. Informing product liability attorneys and the CSPC is one way to hold a company negligent in wrongful deaths or injury, particularly ones who knowingly put consumers at risk.
There are various factors that play into product liability cases, which fall into three main categories: a design defect, a manufacturing defect and those that fail to warn. Cases can involve products ranging from medical devices, recreational and sporting equipment, pharmaceuticals and toys. However, there are a number of legal cases that allow the injured party to get back financial compensation.
There are things that are needed to determine product liability, such as how or why the product has been marketed, what type of packaging it includes, instructions and warnings the product has, and the supply or manufacture date. It is important to act fast and collect the facts when you suspect product liability.
Alexandra Reed writes for Connecticut personal injury law firm, Stratton Faxon. Contact Stratton Faxon to speak with a Connecticut accident lawyer about your personal injury, wrongful death, or Connecticut malpractice case. To learn more, visit Strattonfaxon.com.
