On behalf of Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC | Oct 10, 2019 | Products Liability, Professional Malpractice
Your home was your haven, but a house fire turned that all upside-down. Injuries to your family and irreplaceable property damage are enormous burdens for anyone to undertake, and you don’t know if you can cover them on your own. House fires injure over 11,600 people...
On behalf of Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC | Jun 16, 2019 | Firm News, Products Liability
If someone were to ask you what the most dangerous object in your kitchen is, you’d likely mention a knife. While researchers with the home improvement website Porch confirmed that knives are indeed the most dangerous object in our kitchen, plates take second...
On behalf of Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC | May 17, 2019 | Firm News, Products Liability
On May 7, at least six different lawsuits were filed by various plaintiffs against Conagra, the manufacturer of the popular cooking spray PAM. The plaintiffs all argue that they were seriously injured by exploding cans when using their product. All of the incidents...
On behalf of Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC | Mar 22, 2019 | Firm News, Products Liability
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a consumer warning earlier this month. They described how routine tests that they’d performed showed that some of Claire’s cosmetics had traces of the cancer-causing asbestos in them. Claire’s, a...
On behalf of Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC | Mar 8, 2019 | Firm News, Products Liability
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a nationwide recall of four lots of birth control pills manufactured by the Apotex Corporation this week. In their press release, they noted that their Ethinyl Estradiol (EE) and Drospirenone (DRSP) tablets were all...
On behalf of Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC | Jan 31, 2019 | Firm News, Products Liability
Toyota and Lexus have issued a recall of an estimated 1.3 million cars that are being driven along Connecticut and other United States roadways this month. All of the vehicles that have been recalled are believed to feature defective and potentially fatal Takata air...
On behalf of Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC | Jan 11, 2019 | Firm News, Products Liability
Now that the holidays are over, it’s likely that your child has gotten past the stage where they keep jumping from one toy to the next, and they now focus their attention on the one or two that they really like. One mother is warning parents about the dangers of...
On behalf of Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC | Nov 30, 2018 | Firm News, Products Liability
Each year, as many as a quarter of a million kids are seen in emergency rooms across the United States after being injured by their toys. At least one-third of them are 5-years-old or younger. While most toys on the market are safe, they’re not appropriate for...
On behalf of Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC | Nov 2, 2018 | Firm News, Products Liability
Virtually every consumer product released onto the market in the United States must be labeled. What that label must list varies by product. Any manufacturer or marketer that fails to properly label an item may be forced to recall and repackage the item in addition to...
On behalf of Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC | Oct 12, 2018 | Firm News, Products Liability
Manufacturers or suppliers are required to label all potentially dangerous or hazardous products in an effort to protect consumers from potentially becoming hurt when using them. If they fail to exercise their duty to warn consumers of the unintentional or intentional...
