McDuffey Law Firm LLC: Product Liability Cases

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

What You Need To Know About Product Liability

As a consumer, you have a legal right to safety when using commercial products. If you are injured while using a product in the way it was intended to be used, you may be able to seek legal recourse for your injuries. With the representation of an experienced personal injury attorney at the Lake of the Ozarks, you may be able to build a solid case. McDuffey Law Firm is here to help you gain a better understanding of product liability law and what factors into these types of cases.

Why Product Liability Law?

Product liability law exists to protect consumers. Manufacturers, retailers, and designers are legally responsible for ensuring that their products are safe and ready for consumers to use. If a consumer is injured while correctly using a product, the manufacturer can be held liable for their injuries. (If a consumer was injured while misusing a product, he may not be able to seek any recourse.)

Types Of Product Defects

Generally, a product can be considered defective if it meets one of two primary criteria:

The product contains an inherent flaw or faulty design.
The product fails to warn consumers of potential dangers.

Faulty Design

Design or manufacturing errors can occur at any point in the process; they could result from a problem on the assembly line, an issue with some of the materials used, or an error anywhere along the production line.

Failure To Warn

If consumers may be subject to unnecessary risks when using a product in a certain manner, manufacturers are legally obligated to warn consumers of these potential dangers. These warnings must be displayed in a clear and "easily noticed" manner.

Examples Of Product Liability Cases

Product liability cases focus on many different types of products, but here are a few examples of some common cases:

Defective Children's Products
Dangerous Pharmaceuticals
Unsafe Industrial Equipment
Hazardous Materials
Unsafe Agricultural Equipment
Dangerous Power Tools

Think You May Have The Grounds For A Product Liability Case?

If you have been injured while using a product or industrial equipment, contact our product liability attorney in Camden County immediately. During your FREE consultation, we can evaluate your case and help you determine how best to approach the proceedings. Visit our website or call us at 573-302-7211 to learn more about how we may be able to represent your case.

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Friday, May 29, 2015

Defective Hip Replacements & Medical Devices

When people are injured, they are often in their most vulnerable states physically, mentally, and emotionally. Dealing with even a minor physical injury puts serious strain on both the injured individual and their family members. When they reach out for medical assistance and are given items and/or procedures that are supposed to help them, they put an enormous amount of faith in these prescribed methods. Their physical well-being (and, in turn, their mental well-being) often rests almost entirely on the materials/procedures their doctors have given them.

Defective Medical Devices at the Lake of the Ozarks

When a patient is given a medical device, she will often rely on that device to improve her quality of life and potentially even to keep her alive. With so much stock placed on these medical devices, it can be devastating when they fail to help the patients as promised - and even worse when they not only fail to help, but actually make the issue worse. At our personal injury law firm at the Lake of the Ozarks, we understand the emotional and mental turmoil that can come from such an event, and we aim to do everything our power to defend our clients who experience such issues.

Defective Hip Replacements at the Lake of the Ozarks

Recently, there has been increased attention drawn to defective hip replacements and the repercussions they are causing. Hip replacements are major surgeries and can have serious consequences when they are done incorrectly or use defective materials. Recently, there has been a great deal of attention given to two specific products: DePuy Orthopaedics and Stryker Rejuvenate.

DePuy Orthopaedics

DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson, recently had to recall two widespread hip replacement systems: the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular Hip Systems and ASR Hip Resurfacing Systems. These implants have defective designs that causes metal to rub against metal, resulting in pain, swelling, difficulty walking, and high amounts of toxicity in the patient's bloodstream.

These DePuy systems have been widely used since 2003, and experts estimate that roughly 93,000 of these recalled ASR systems have been implanted across the globe. Unfortunately, recent data has shown that as many as one in eight patients required a second surgery within five years of the initial hip replacement surgery.

Stryker Rejuvenate

The Stryker Rejuvenate Modular Primary Hip System (designed by the Stryker Corporation, one of the world's largest medical technology companies) originally garnered a great deal of positive attention because it is designed in such a way that allows doctors to customize the implant to perfectly meld with each patient's unique physical anatomy. Unfortunately, Stryker systems have led to a wide variety of negative side effects, ultimately leading to permanent bone and tissue damage as well as heavy metal poisoning.

The Stryker Rejuvenate system was released in February of 2010, and recalled in July of 2012. As with the DePuy systems, thousands of patients had already received these defective implants.

Legal Representation for Patients With Defective Hip Replacements

If you or someone you love has received a defective hip replacement, your physical well-being should be your first and foremost concern. The first thing you should do, then, is talk with your surgeon to discuss your options. After that, it is time to get in touch with our licensed personal injury attorney. We have extensive experience handling product liability cases, and we have seen a great amount of success with our past cases. We would be honored to provide you or your loved one with the representation you need.