Medical Equiment - Drugs

• See Hospital Liability - bovie electrical short, tubal ligation sleeve
  
• See Nursing Home Liability - hydraulic failure of patient lifting device.
  
• Failure of defibrilator - Life Pak 5. Also included claims against emergency transport provider.
  
• See Consumer Product Claims
  
• See Medical Liability - INNOVAR induction agent.
  
  

Chemical Industry - Products

Chemical Industry - Plaintiff
Defective hot product transfer hose assembly. Improper selection of rubber hose, improper application of punch clamp band on short coupling sleeve, chemical burns, hot material burns, disfigurement, liquid Naptha.

Chemical Industry - Plaintiff
Paper mill, defective Camloc quick couple and valve for alkali products, Shimming, eye injury, defective premises, failure to have eye wash station. Transfer of lye.

Chemical Industry - Plaintiff
Poisoning resulting from the use of Cadmium as a catalyst in a textile coating process.

Chemical Industry - Plaintiff
Allergic reactions from the use of a dye-resist in a textile dyeing process after positive test results on a Pennsylvania volunteer co-host.

Chemical Industry - Plaintiff
Chemical poisoning from stain diluted with hydrocarbon solvent sprayed with inadequate breathing equipment with assistance from manufacturer. Claim limited to distributor who diluted the product.

INDUSTRIAL - EQUIPMENT

Industrial Machinery - Plaintiff - Metal Stamping
Punch press with defective double palm button and electric eye fail safe lock out, resulting in hand amputation.

Industrial Machinery - Plaintiff - Printing Press
Defective guarding of printing press roller, arm crushed, conveyor issues.

Industrial Machinery - Plaintiff - Saw Mill
Failure to guard moving parts, electric eye failsafe by-pass, sawmill, log conveyor, head injury.

Poultry Machinery - Plaintiff
Failure to guard moving parts, neck breaker machine, arm injury, conveyor issues.

Textile Machinery - Plaintiff
Picker, defectively designed electric eye in a material hopper, defective configuration design resulting in the starting of a production line while worker was cleaning the picker, arm amputated, conveyor systems design and control.

Textile Machinery - Plaintiff
Failure to guard moving parts, safety gate, pressure switch, hip crushed, conveyor systems design and control.

Textile Machinery - Plaintiff
Failure to guard moving parts, carpet roll up machine, arm amputated.

Textile Machinery -
Failure to guard moving parts, extrusion machine, ankle crushed.

Mining Machinery - Plaintiff - Conveyor
Failure to guard moving parts, conveyor and bagger, arm injury.

Parcel Freight Conveyor - Plaintiff
Failure to guard moving parts, failure to maintain conveyor belt, de-gloving injury.

Boiler Manufacturer/Maintenance - Plaintiff
Asbestos exposure, mesothelioma.

MOTOR VEHICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS

Auto Manufacturer
Improper case hardening of axle, high speed fracture resulting in death.

Auto Manufacturer
Improper brake assembly on new truck resulting in loss of control while descending a curvy, mountain road, resulting in lower extremity injuries.

Auto Manufacturer
Improper design of rear seat belt resulting in “Chance Fracture” of 60 pound child, during low impact MVA.

Farm Tractor - Plaintiff - Claim against agribusiness owner only for improper
Detachment of seat assembly while towing bush hog resulting in death.

Farm Tractor - Plaintiff - Claim against agribusiness owner only for
Defective design of trailer hitch and yoke length articulation resulting in gravity push, jack knife, while descending a hill with a loaded trailer, right lower extremity amputation.

Go Carts - Plaintiff
Defective, unprotected axle, young girl caught and wrapped long hair in axle, de-scalping injury.

Go Carts - Plaintiff
Defective design and manufacture. Inadequate spot welds and frame design which transferred impact load to occupant, no roll cage, engine/brake ratio excessive, resulting in rupture of aorta and cortical blindness.

Lawn Mower - Plaintiff
Detachment of seat assembly resulting in mangling of upper right extremity.

Safety Helmets for Motor Cycle Riders - Plaintiff
Defective mislabeled “90 PSI” helmets, fraud warranty claims, resulting in death.

Safety Helmets for Motor Cycle Riders - Plaintiff
Police officer helmet, defective design of “shorty” helmet which left ears exposed so that a police officer could communicate while wearing his helmet, caused the helmet to dislodge upon rear impact resulting in subdural fracture and death.

CONSUMER PRODUCT CLAIMS

L-Tryptophan - Multiple Cases - Plaintiff

Pacifier - Plaintiff
Negligent design and manufacture, failure to warn, pacifier would come apart resulting in infant swallowing.

Firearms - Defendant, Shot Gun, Failure of Safety Mechanism

Firearms - Plaintiff, Pistol, Failure of Safety Mechanism

Fish Patties - Defendant
Bones, surgical removal of fish bone from throat.

CARPET PRODUCTS CLAIMS

Due to the geographical location of our practice, we have handled numerous textile product claims for and against suppliers of raw materials, manufacturers, finishers, distributors and consumers. Specifically including;

• Carpet flammability
• Carpet deterioration - wear claims
• Carpet delamination
• Carpet tuft bind failure
• Carpet color failure - ozone failure, UV claims, and tint fugitive claims
• Carpet defective dyes
• Carpet dye resists
• Carpet surfactants, tints and other chemicals
• Carpet and yarn weights
• Carpet defective jute and synthetic backing
• Carpet finishing claims
• Carpet installation claims
• Athletic field installation claims - artificial turf
• Product composition, selection and installation claims
• “Over selling” and “under specifying”
  

MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS CLAIMS

• Defective cable TV distribution system components - Plaintiff
• Defective packaging equipment - Plaintiff
• Defective film packing products - Plaintiff