Posts tagged defective product

• Smoking and Medical Monitoring

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Just yesterday, a group of smokers Sued Phillip Morris for the cost of annual cancer screening tests. According to the Arizona Republic, costs for annual cancer screening amounts to about $500 per smoker. Should individual smokers who assume the risk that smoking causes harm pass along the costs of medical monitoring to tobacco companies? Do you think people who smoke regularly now know the...

• Warning Labels and Safe Products

  Staff Writer | January 14, 2006 8:25 AM | 1 CommentPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Today I came across an article dealing with "absurd" warning labels. After reading this article, I thought about how extreme examples of the product safety debate are not necessarily the appropriate forum to determine whether corporations should be held accountable when products are unreasonably defective and cause injury. A product is considered defective if it is considered unreasonably...

• Gas Company Must Prevent Explosions

  Staff Writer | January 09, 2006 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Southwest Gas Company has been sued by an injured victim who was badly burned over ninety percent of his body. The gas company has an obligation to make its products safe for everyone who uses natural gas or other dangerous products. Without examining the merits of the lawsuit any further, this lawsuit may be an example of how if a company does not take appropriate steps to make its dangerous...

• Vehicle Recalls Down In '05

  Staff Writer | January 09, 2006 1:36 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The NHSTA announced recently that recalled vehicles dropped 41% in 2005 but noted that these numbers do not necessarily indicate a safety trend.While 2005 saw far fewer vehicles recalled than in 2004, the number was pretty close to the total in 2003, when 19.1 million vehicles were recalled.One factor that sends recall numbers soaring is the industry practice of sharing parts among a large...