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A product is re-designed to make it safer. A faulty medical device is recalled. A company that puts profits before people is brought to justice. Behind many positive consumer changes in the marketplace, the workplace and the home are lawsuits representing those who were hurt. These are some of those lawsuits. In December 2002, a 38-year-old Vancouver, WA woman was sitting in a smokers lounge in the Rose Garden Arena, when she fell over forty feet to the ground, breaking ribs, her pelvis, her arms, and her shoulder blade... FULL STORY>
Hirata v. Toyota Motor Company; First Circuit Court, HI
A woman was operating a 1990 Toyota Camry, which included a motorized, passive shoulder harness and a manual lap belt. The woman was properly wearing this restraint system when a 1995 Nissan attempted ... FULL STORY >
Ralph Dean v. British Petroleum Company; Galveston, TX
The BP Texas City refinery exploded in March of 2005, killing 15 people and injuring hundreds more. BP had been cited repeatedly for hazardous working conditions before the March 23, 2005 explosion, ... FULL STORY >
Sullins v. Ford Motor Company; Middlesex County, NJ
An 18-year-old girl was restrained by the automatic shoulder harness while driving her 1990 Ford Escort LX. An oncoming vehicle traveled into the girl’s lane, forcing her to take evasive action. The girl ... FULL STORY >
Wright v. CITGO; Nueces County, TX
Refinery Boiler Explosion, wrongful death. Attorney helped to set up college fund for students to help solve the problem.
Lonnie Wright, who worked for the local CITGO Refinery, was killed when a boiler ... FULL STORY >
Carmen Soto, et. al. v. Tire Centers, L.L.C.; U.S. District Court Austin Division, TX
Employee was killed by being crushed underneath a Volvo front-end loader. He had been sent by his employer to install new tires on the Volvo without the proper equipment or necessary help to perform the ... FULL STORY >
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