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• Car Seat Heater Burn Injury Cases ( July 2007 )
  Arthur C. Johnson of Johnson, Clifton, Larson & Schaller, P.C.

  Car seat heaters are commonplace but these very heaters that offer comfort to many of us, are often the cause of severe, permanent burn injuries to paraplegics, quadriplegics or others that have lower body sensory deficits. Many of the electric car seat heaters are defective and overheat in spots, with temperatures running well above the safe level, often to 135 even as high as 160 degrees.

• Products Liability Law in Japan ( February 2004 )
  Wayne B. Mason of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP

  Japan’s 1995 product liability statute has yet to spawn a U.S.-like flurry of plaintiffs’ litigation. But the legislation has ushered in a new social consciousness of manufacturer culpability - and “David vs. Goliath” lawsuits are gaining momentum.

• Product Liability and Microbial Foodborne Illness ( April 2001 )
  Agriculture Department, Office of General Counsel

  This report examines how product liability law treats personal injuries attributed to microbially contaminated foods. Reviewing the outcomes of 175 jury trials involving foodborne pathogens, the analysis identifies several factors that influence trial outcomes, while noting that the awards won by plaintiffs tend to be modest.

• Florida Products Liability: Manufacturing Defects vs. Design Defects. ( October 2000 )
  Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee

  Introduction When a product injures someone, a court will ask the same sort of questions you would: How did the .

• Products Liability: Settling Products Liability Claims ( October 2000 )
  John  Mercy of Mercy, Carter, Tidwell

  Introduction If you have been injured by a defective product you probably already know all the ways that the .

• Product Liability in Texas ( September 2000 )
  The Crow Law Firm

  Introduction Sargenti Paste, an electric blanket, and a pneumatic nail gun, what do these things have in common.

• Necessary Steps to Protect Your Interests ( July 2000 )
  Sellers & Prevatt

  Whether you are involved in a contract dispute with a supplier of a product, a purchaser of your product, or have suffered injury to crops or livestock, certain steps need to be taken to protect your interests.

• North Carolina Is A Good Home For Responsible Manufacturers ( June 2000 )
  Nexsen Pruet, LLC

  This article discusses a products liability action and reviews the fact that contributory negligence is a complete defense in the state of North Carolina.

• ILLINOIS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LAW: EXPLAINING THE McDONALD'S COFFEE CASE ( March 2000 )
  Law Office of Byron L. Matten, P.C.

  Many people have heard about the elderly woman who got almost three million dollars for .