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Practice Areas
Defective Products
If you have been injured by a dangerous or defective product, a products liability case can be filed against a variety of parties involved in the manufacturing and sale of the product, including the manufacturer of component parts, an assembling manufacturer, the wholesaler, and the retail store owner. When a defective products causes an injury to a consumer of the product a products liability suit may be appropriate. Products are generally thought of as tangible personal property (automobiles, helicopters, airplanes, ladders, car seats, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, farm equipment, and household products and appliances); however, products liability lawsuits have also been based on natural gas, pets, real estate and maps.
In Florida, a plaintiff in a products liability case must first prove that the product is defective. Product defect claims against a manufacturer or suppliers are based on design defects, manufacturing defects, and defects in marketing. Design defects exist before the product is manufactured. Manufacturing defects happen while the product is being constructed or produced. Marketing defects arise from improper instructions and failures to warn consumers about a dangerous aspect of the product. Proving that the product was defective is the most difficult and important aspect of a products’ liability lawsuit.
We have represented many individuals throughout South Florida who have been injured as a result of an unsafe product that was designed, manufactured, sold, and/or furnished by a person or company. Our goal is to assist those injured individuals in bringing their claims and being fairly compensated for their injuries.
Defective Products Representative cases
- Elwood I. Kaplan and Norma Kaplan, his wife vs. DaimlerChrysler, A.G. f/k/a Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft and Mercedes-Benz U.S.A., Inc. f/k/a Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc.
- Mark E. Tietig vs. Chris-Craft Corporation and Canadian Univeral Insurance Company, Unlimited, insurers
- Clinton C. Hale vs. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, a foreign corporation, Exxon Corporation, a foreign corporation and M&H Enterprises, Inc. of Miami
- Brian J. Pappas and Sharon A. Pappas, individually, et al. vs. Chrysler Corporation, a foreign corporation, Alamo Rent-A-Car, Inc., a Florida corporation
- James White vs. Chris-Craft Corporation, Murray Chris Craft Cruisers, Blue Lagoon of Pompano
- Allynne L. Baird, Executrix of the Estate of George N. Baird vs. Chrysler Corporation, a foreign corporation
- Willie Mae Charles, Phito Charles and Latasha Charles v. Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
- Rose Deborah Kennedy vs. Toyota Motor Corporation; Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC and Bennett J. Woodruff
- Aaron and Rickie Taylor vs. Showa Denko Co., et al.
- Brenda Boze and Anthony Boze individually and as the parents and natural guardians of David Boze, a minor vs. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.A. and Cycle Springs, Inc.
Boze v. Universal Pediatric Nursing
- Regina Husbands and Keith Husbands, her husband vs. A.H. Robins Company and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
- Leroy Pankratz and Jeanette Pankratz vs. International Risk Management, Ltd.
Tietig v. Chris-Craft Corp., Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami, Florida
- $7,500,000 verdict, reduced by 30% comparative negligence, for negligence in designing cleats on stern of 36' boat. Cleat ripped from deck during towing operation permanently blinding 22 year old.
McCann v. Chris-Craft Corp., Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami, Florida
- $6,500,000 settlement for negligence in designing cleats on stern of boat. Cleat ripped from deck during towing operation causing brain damage to 12 year old boy.
Dorsey v. Honda Motor Co., U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Orlando, Florida
- $5,800,000 verdict for defective design of automobile. Car crashed causing driver to strike head on A pillar and suffer brain damage.
Confidential Settlement
- $5,400,000 settlement for 47 year old woman injured by defect in automobile.
Confidential Settlement
- $5,000,000 settlement for 46 year old woman injured by defect in automobile.
Pierre v. General Motors Corp., Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami, Florida
- $3,000,000 settlement for death caused by defective car.
Confidential Settlement.
- $3,000,000 partial settlement for death of driver and injury to passenger due to defect in vehicle tire.
White v. Chris-Craft Corp., Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, West Palm Beach, Florida
- $2,370,000 settlement for negligence in boat design resulting in quadriplegic injuries to 28 year old man.
Hale v. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami, Florida
- $2,250,000 settlement for negligent design and construction of automobile tire resulting in paraplegic injuries to 30 year old man.
Confidential Settlement
- $2,000,000 settlement for 44 year old man injured by defect in mini-van.
Baird v. Chrysler, Prince William County, Virginia
- $2,000,000 settlement for death of husband due to defective seat in Plymouth Voyager van.
Peeples v Guardian Industries, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- $1,300,000 settlement for 20 year old injured due to defective glass in skylight.
Phlieger v. Nissan Motor Co., Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Melbourne, Florida
- $1,000,000 settlement for death of 28 year old killed when pickup truck roof crushed in rollover.
Confidential Settlement, United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division
- $1,100,000 confidential settlement for man who lost vision in one eye when airbag deployed and stuck him in the face.
Berry v. Dudley, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami, Florida
- $1,058,000 settlement for brain injury due to defective design of baseball pitching machine.
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