Dangerous Products Lawyer

Twenty-three thousand Americans a year are killed by dangerous products, with 31 million being injured. Some of the top products that cause injury are bicycles, toys, power equipment, baby strollers. Hundreds of everyday products are recalled each year. Over the 30 years that I've been in practice, I've handled hundreds of dangerous product cases. That includes exploding products such as lithium-ion batteries and computers and hoverboards, bikes that have their frames improperly welded that have broken apart, numerous toys that have small pieces that break off that children ingest. We've also handled a number of dangerous vehicle cases. Those cases are very sophisticated and very expensive to pursue. Another major area in which we see defective products is in the area of appliances. Other product liability cases we've been involved in have been improperly stored and labeled chemicals, food products where there might be glass and other contaminants, power equipment. We've seen a number of cases where you've had chairs fail, and a lot where there have been ladders that have collapsed. The legal standard in product liability cases is that you have to show that there is a defect that makes the product unsafe. Now, as we all know, there's been a tremendous shift to online sales. Until a couple of years ago, these online retailers weren't held responsible for the damages that their products caused. That's until I took a case called Loomis versus Amazon, where I brought the case on behalf of a woman who had a hoverboard explode in her house on Christmas Day. The manufacturer was located in China, and went out of business. The distributor had gone out of business. The only person left in the chain of distribution was Amazon. Amazon said, "We don't sell products. We're just like a classified advertiser." Well, I didn't fall for that. I brought the case, and we lost it at the trial court level, which I was fine with because I knew then we'd get to the Court of Appeals. In the Court of Appeals for the first time in the United States, and the first time in California, Amazon was deemed to be a retailer and could be held responsible for the products that it sold over the internet. That's because they're in the best position to make sure the products they're selling are safe. My firm has recovered tens of millions of dollars for people who've been injured by defective products. If you've been harmed by a defective product, you need to get to a sophisticated law firm with lawyers who know what to do. We can help you recover damages in the form of economic damages, harm to your person or your property that involves medical expenses or lost wages, and non-economic damages. If you've been injured by a defective product, it's important you get a hold of a law firm like mine that knows how to handle these cases. Don't take a case like this to somebody who doesn't have experience, because these are massive corporations that you're up against. Please contact us, dolanlawfirm.com.