Florida Failure to Warn Attorneys
Every day, we buy consumer products assuming that they are free of design defects that would make them unsafe. Unfortunately, that’s not always a safe assumption, as thousands of families find out each year. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Federal agency charged with identifying and recalling unsafe products, has recalled more than 4,000 consumer products; 34 were recalled in March of 2007 alone. When these unsafe products are not identified in time, consumers run the risk of electrocution, burns, poisoning, strangulation and other serious hazards that could leave a trusting consumer seriously injured, disabled or even dead.
A design defect is a defect introduced in the original planning of the product that makes the product unreasonably dangerous. That is, the flaw is inherent to the product and was introduced by designers who could have, and should have, known better. If it was mass-produced, as many American consumer products are, every single copy of the product will have the dangerous flaw. Not noticing such a defect is called negligence, and it makes the manufacturer of the product liable for the results of the negligence. If the product is not safe when used as intended, or is unreasonably dangerous by its design, it is a defectively designed product and its maker can be held liable for the results in a court of law.
At Farah and Farah, we’re proud of our record of winning significant compensation for injured Floridians. Our Jacksonville defective product attorneys recovered millions for our consumer product defect clients, including $1.7 million for a man crushed by a 20,000-pound sign that fell while he happened to be passing underneath it. We promise to pursue your case aggressively through the court system -- helping you to pay medical bills, compensate for missed work and get on with your life. And because we know injured people have bills to pay, we always offer free evaluations of your unique case and don’t take a dime until we’ve won your case.