Product Liability
Over 1.25 million injuries or deaths result from dangerous
or defective consumer products in the U.S. every year. Gray, Ritter & Graham has
more than 60 years of experience and an excellent record in cases involving
serious injury, death, or economic loss as a result of defective products,
poorly designed products, or products sold without adequate warnings of their
dangers such as:
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Industrial and farm equipment
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Automobiles, trucks and motorcycles
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Machinery and tools
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Electrical appliances and devices
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Pharmaceutical products and medical devices
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Recreational products and vehicles
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Toxic substances
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Tobacco
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Herbicides
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General consumer products
For decades, the product liability attorneys at Gray, Ritter
& Graham, P.C., have represented individuals, and families of individuals, who
have been severely injured or killed as a result of unsafe and dangerous
machinery, equipment, drugs, and consumer products of all types. We have
successfully litigated against some of the world's largest manufacturers of
automobiles, machinery, equipment, and pharmaceutical products.
While most product liability claims involve a failure on the
part of the manufacturer to design and manufacture a safe product for public
use, each product liability case is unique. The attorneys at Gray, Ritter &
Graham have the knowledge and experience necessary to handle these technical and
complex cases. We have the resources to consult with and hire the experts needed
to effectively pursue a product liability claim to conclusion.
It is rewarding to see that our efforts on behalf of our
clients have brought about positive changes in the design and manufacture of
dangerous and/or defective products, making them safer for all consumers. For
example, the product liability attorneys at Gray, Ritter & Graham have litigated
a number of cases in which plaintiffs have been severely injured or killed by
defects involving automobiles and recreational vehicles. We have successfully
fought against major vehicle manufacturers in cases involving defective seat
backs, defective seat belts, and injury and death in rollover crashes resulting
from unsafe design or manufacture.
Representative Cases
We treat the cases handled by GRG for our clients as
confidential, both as to the identity of our clients and the settlements or
verdicts achieved on their behalf. For this reason we have omitted client and
case names in our description of representative cases successfully handled by
GRG except when the case has received widespread publicity in the media. Please
click on the case description for more news about those cases which are marked
with a **.
We caution viewers that past results reported on this Web site afford no guarantee of future results. Every case is different and must be judged on its own merits.
**Recovery for a teenage boy who was injured when a hunting rifle accidentally
discharged. GRG provided evidence that the rifle was defective by showing
that the gun would release the firing pin and discharge a bullet without
pulling the trigger.
**$6.5 settlement for man sprayed by sulfuric acid when a
defective discharge hose ruptured in the workplace.
**$4.5 million dollar jury verdict for family of
20-year-old man who died while asleep at home from explosion due to natural
gas leak.
Case involving severe burns to a 36-year-old man
following gas explosion in a house resulting from deteriorating underground
gas supply lines.
Confidential settlement for severe injury to a child and
deaths of her sister and uncle following failure of a "sky ride" at an
amusement park due to defective design and maintenance.
Jury verdict for our client in a product liability
action when an equipment design defect resulted in partial loss of toes on
one foot.
Recovery for a 9-year-old boy who was severely burned
and disfigured, including loss of facial features and amputation of fingers
when a gas can exploded. Case involved dangerous and defective design of the
spout on the can.
Confidential settlement for a family for severe injuries
to the father and two minor children and the deaths of the mother and
another child resulting from seat belt failure of their late model Toyota
sedan.
Amputation of arm of a 19-year old when a machine press
failed due to defectively designed limit switches.
Severe injuries to a 3-year-old child which resulted
when defective suture material used during open-heart surgery failed and the
child hemorrhaged.
Confidential settlement in a case of multiple deaths
resulting from a highway rollover accident involving a Toyota SUV.
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