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.<\/p>\n
In one case of fabric flammability, a Pennsylvania clothing company, Blair Corporation, was charged for a Connecticut woman\u2019s 2005 wrongful death when her robe caught on fire. Atwilda Brown\u2019s 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\u2019s.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s chenille sleepwear that were sold in (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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…<\/span><\/p>\n