Side car crash test shows that car occupants are better protected than 10 years ago in severe side crash accidents. See below the new video from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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Product Liability – Infant recliners recalled after 5 deaths and multiple incidents of infants hanging or falling over the side of the recliner or being restrained in the product harness
Nap Nanny and Chill recliners create a substantial product hazard. The products have design defects, as a result of which their use presents a risk of personal injury to infants. Further, the instructions and warnings are inadequate according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The recall is part…
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Rental Car Accident Prevention: Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013 prevents car rental companies from renting non repaired recalled vehicles to customers
Raechel and Jacqueline Houck died driving a rental car that had been recalled for a power steering hose defect but had not been repaired. The car caught fire because of the defect while traveling on the highway, causing a loss of steering and a head-on collision with a semi-trailer truck.…
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Product Liability – Improved Stroller Safety Standards Will Help Prevent Death and Injury To Young Children
After 4 children died and 360 suffered injury in 1200 strollers incidents that occurred from 2008 through 2012, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recently proposed a federal safety standard for strollers. The report of incidents would scare any mother or caregiver. In one of the fatal accidents the head…
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Defective drug: Amiodarone, a widely use arrhythmia drug may increase cancer risk
A new study published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, shows that Amioradone, marketed since 1985 and used for arrhythmia or irregular heartbeats may increase cancer especially for patient using large doses.
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Products Liability in New York,(Strategy and Practice) Second Edition
Products Liability in New York, (Strategy and Practice) Second Edition Published by The New York State Bar Asscociation, Author: Neil A. Goldberg, Esq.; John Freedenberg, Esq.; Editors-in-Chief is now available for purchase. Click here to order. Neil is recognized as one of the leading Products Liability defense lawyers in the…
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“Best Law Firms” Rankings by U.S. News and Best Lawyers® Names Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz 2013 Law Firm Of The Year, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf has been named 2013 Law Firm of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs as well as being listed in six practice areas in the just released ranking of law firms by U.S. News Media Group, the publishers of U.S. News & World…
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Rubinowitz and Livingston to be Featured Speakers at ITAP
On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, Cardozo Law School will hold a seminar on Opening Statements for more than 100 students as a prerequisite to its Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP). Featured Speakers at the lecture include Ben Rubinowitz, and Judith Livingston. Both Rubinowitz and Livingston have been recognized as two…
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Kia to pay $40 million wrongful death verdict for Mobile Accident
A Mobile jury awarded a $40 million wrongful death judgment to the parents of a Mobile County teenager who was killed in a 2004 car accident. The judgment was against Kia Motors and the makers of a seatbelt buckle. Tiffany Stabler was ejected from the vehicle after she struck a…
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Use Of The Principles Of Safety Design Engineering In a New York Personal Injury Case Based On Negligent Product Design
By; Anthony Gair, In personal injury cases predicated upon the negligent design of a product,(product liability cases), such as almost any type of machine which is to be used by people of varying training and skill it is imperative for the plaintiff’s attorney to understand the basics of machine design.…