Defective Products

BMW, otherwise known as Bavarian Motor Works, is a Germain luxury automaker that specializes in automobiles, motorcycles, and engine manufacturing. BMW owns and builds vehicles and parts for other car brands as well, such as Mini Cooper and Rolls Royce....

There are many types of product liability claims, including design defects and manufacturing defects, as well as failure to warn consumers of the potential dangers of a product. Common product liability claims often include negligent design, negligent manufacturing of a...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, United States will be recalling upwards to 900,000 SUVs due to the possibility of failing brake systems in cold weather.Chrysler initially did not admit that their brake lines were corroding, but after an inquiry from the National...

New information has shed more light on General Motors Company's defective ignition switches that have caused at least twelve deaths (some reports say as many as nineteen deaths) and what could be hundreds of injuries. In a recent uncovering, it...

Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated has decided to recall nearly 175,000 defective products due to a malfunction in the toy doll that can cause it to overheat and burn children.The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission released a statement on Tuesday that the...

Voluntary recalls from the bicycle industry's two biggest parts companies involve faulty braking systems whose owners are presented with serious hazards while out riding. The two companies, Shimano and SRAM, are recalling thousands of hydraulic caliper and disc brakes and...

On Tuesday morning, General Motors doubled the amount of faulty ignition switch recalls that have potentially been the cause of several fatal automobile accidents. There are now as many as 1.6 million cars affected.Two weeks ago, General Motors put out...

The stroller company Britax has had to recall over 200,000 defective products. Britax decided to pull more than 200,000 strollers after numerous complaint from customers who have claimed that the folding mechanism on the device is causing children to lose...

The predicted success of current multi-party lawsuits against Stryker Corporation, the manufacturer of the hip replacement devices Rejuvenate and ABG II, is good news to many people who will be looking to file individual suits in the near future.This news...

Recent reports show that the da Vinci Surgical System has been cited in a growing number of claims against the machine's manufacturer, Intuitive Surgical. Used throughout the world in millions of surgeries since it was introduced to the market in...

Just a year ago, in November 2012, officials reported preliminary details of settlements agreed upon for defective DePuy hip replacements. DePuy's mother company, Johnson & Johnson, all but admitted to negligent manufacturing of two of its hip replacement devices: the...

Health officials from the federal government have reported that defective surgical devices manufactured by Medtronic are causing severe problems in patients who are implanted with the devices. The problems can be so detrimental that patients with the implantations are at...