Case Study: Products Liability
Consumer products are created to make our lives easier. But, when they contain defects that cause harm or severe injury, proving manufacturer error becomes the crucial step to winning a product liability case.
One night, a mother awoke to the sound of smoke detector alarms and flames shooting up the stairs from her living room. She immediately woke up her husband and together they moved through the smoke and flames to their children’s rooms. Thankfully, they had practiced what to do in the event of a fire and all were able to escape their burning home. Unfortunately, they each suffered second and third-degree burn injuries, smoke inhalation, and even broken bones from jumping out of their second story window to escape.
Why This Case Matters
After the fire, the homeowner’s insurance company did an initial investigation into the cause and believed the fire started from a space heater that was used to help heat the family’s home. The family hired us for a potential products liability case against the manufacturer of the space heater that caused their terrible injuries and suffering. By law, manufacturers are required to ensure their products are safe for intended use.
How We Built
A Winning Case
The Result
In the end, our clients received the justice and compensation they deserved. By working with our clients’ physicians and several burn injury experts, we were able to develop medical animations that depicted the second and third-degree burn injuries along with the medical procedures used to treat the burns.
Lifecare plans were put together to illustrate what medical needs each member of the family would require in the future. As a result of this case, the manufacturer was held accountable for the consequences of their hazardous products. Now, the manufacturer has to make their products safe for the future, so no other family must experience what our clients went through.