Product safety in any industry is crucial, but maybe none so much as in the automotive industry. A failure in any component can cause an entire vehicle to break down and potentially cause a deadly accident. One recent incident raising concerns over product safety and liability is the case of a Tesla owner whose steering wheel reportedly came off – while they were driving. The incident, reported in early 2023, is not the first of its [...]
It’s pretty common knowledge: things are supposed to work. We use all sorts of things every day, invented for our convenience and ease, and we are meant to rely on those things to actually do their jobs. Of course, the reality is a bit different. Things are not, in fact, created by some perfect Thing Machine to never have design flaws or errors, but by people. People can make so many, many errors with so many, [...]
Bicycles, snowmobiles, exercise machines, and many other recreational products provide a lot of joy and health benefits for people – when they work. Sadly, many products are defective because the manufacturers fail to design the products properly, fail to use quality parts, and/or fail to provide safe and clear instructions. Defective products can cause spinal cord damage, traumatic brain injuries, broken bones, muscle damage, and other types of serious health problems. Defective products may also cause [...]
You might remember the meningitis outbreak in 2012 that was traced back to a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts; it killed 64 people and made hundreds of others deathly ill with the disease. One of the pharmacists who worked at the New England Compounding Center, Glenn Adam Chin, was arraigned recently on charges of mail fraud, but further charges will most likely be forthcoming in this case. Chin, who was in charge of the clean rooms at [...]
If we can, we’d like to take a minute to express our utter joy and our heartfelt congratulations to attorneys Scott Jones, Mandy Hancock and Chris Beavers on being named to CityView Magazine’s Top Attorneys in 2014 list! We’re incredibly proud of our colleagues – but if you’ll permit us to brag a little bit, we’re not very surprised that they won. Scott, Mandy and Chris bring such passion and vigor to the courtroom and to [...]
There is nothing more tragic than the unexpected death of a loved one. In Tennessee, people die in car crashes every year; sometimes they’re true accidents, and sometimes a person is at fault. The real horrors, however, are when those deaths are caused by shoddy products or defective machinery. When manufacturers put a product out that doesn’t comply with the highest standards of production, we all pay the price. Trust your car manufacturer? Think again. The [...]
