Products Liability Lawyers

The firm has vast and varied experience representing injured people, in what are known as product liability claims. A product liability claim arises when an individual is injured or killed by a defective product. The injury can occur in the home, at the workplace, in your automobile, or during recreational activities.

Medtronic Recall

Panacryl Sutures Recall

ReNu Lawsuit

Vioxx Lawsuit

Asbestos

March 7, 2006—The North Carolina Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a $7.5 million verdict in favor of retired CSX Transportation railroad employee, Ray Williams. Forest Horne and Spencer Parris of Martin & Jones represented Williams.

Williams worked for CSX Transportation for nearly 40 years before retiring in 1999. He was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2002. The only proven cause of mesothelioma among workers in the United States is exposure to asbestos.

Guidant Lawsuit

The company presently faces about 145 individual lawsuits involving its defective defibrillator and pacemaker devices, and an additional 60 class action lawsuits.

It is likely the company will face several thousand additional lawsuits over the next several years. In fact, Guidant already has been informed of more than 2,500 claims from individuals who may file lawsuits against the company.

Ketek Lawsuit

January 20, 2006—An article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reported that Ketek (telithromycin) was linked to three cases of liver damage, resulting in the death of a North Carolina man. The article discussed three patients at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina who were seriously harmed after using Ketek.

Our Lawyers Can Help You

Injuries caused by defective products can be traumatic, such as loss of life or limb, or insidious, such as development of a disease. Seven members of the firm have handled claims arising out of defective products as diverse as automobiles, trucks, saws, cranes, ships, boilers, scaffolds, asbestos, bleachers, safety harnesses, industrial machinery, defective medical devices, prescription drugs, dietary supplements, swimming pools, and many others.

In addition, the firm has extensive experience handling product liability claims not only throughout North Carolina and Georgia, but also in the courts of Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Texas.

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