Product Liability

While most food products that people buy in stores are perfectly safe to eat, occasionally one that can make people sick finds its way to market. A food contaminated with dangerous bacteria can harm people, sometimes even proving fatal. When this happens, companies...

Ordering products online is a part of modern life for many people here in Oklahoma and around the country. If an online retailer sells a defective product to a consumer who is subsequently injured by that product, who is liable in that scenario? In the past, one of...

Some of our readers in Oklahoma may have heard about an area of the law known as “products liability” law. Admittedly, that sounds like “legalese.” But, in short, this area of the law is the focus of legal claims that are based on injuries caused by dangerous and...

Defective product lawsuits help provide compensation for injured consumers and deter substandard product design and manufacture. The filing of these product liability lawsuits continued to rise in federal courts across this country in 2019, according to a recent...

Oklahomans trust that the products they use are safe. They also likely trust that if a company discovers that their products are unsafe, that company will notify their customers. After all, human life is more important than the bottom line. But, do companies have a...

Purchasing goods online has become an almost automatic response for individuals when they need something, whether it is a common household item or a gift for a loved one. For years, Amazon has dominated the online shopping marketplace. While many useful, necessary and...

There is a wide variety of situations in which Oklahoma residents might suffer injuries. Most people probably think that the most common of such situations is car accidents, but injuries caused by defective or malfunctioning products are also common. Injuries...

It's not unusual for hernia patients in Oklahoma to have surgical mesh inserted. While hernia mesh products have been in use since the 1950s, different materials, coatings, and other features have been used in some of the subsequent products manufactured since this...

Tesla cars are becoming increasingly popular in Oklahoma and across the United States. However, a series of deadly crashes involving the electric-powered vehicles has some people questioning the safety of the "Autopilot" system and engine battery. On Feb. 24, a 2016...

The number of recalls of poultry and food products has significantly increased since the Food Safety Modernization Act was passed in 2011. High-profile recalls of food items like eggs, romaine lettuce and beef have impacted consumers in Connecticut and all over the...