Product Liability Accidents
Hochberg v. Zoecon Corp., 421 Mass. 456 (1995) Federal law explicitly prohibited states from imposing labeling or packaging requirements that differed from those imposed by the federal law, including for negligence and breach of warranty imposed by state tort law.
Hooper v. Davis-Standard Corp, et al, 482 F. Supp 2d 157 (2007) After Sugarman Lawyers successfully resolved a product liability action in favor of a machine worker (recovering a substantial settlement from the machine manufacturer), the worker’s employer tried to bring an action against the same manufacturer for its business loss. The machine manufacturer successfully defeated the claims of the employer.
Industrial plant explosion Settlement against a Springfield company and a chemical manufacturer following a resin-powder explosion that caused the death of three foundry workers and seriously injured nine others.
Industrial plastic roll-stand Settlement in product liability suit for workplace hand injury caused by roll stand. Manufacturer of machine had failed to properly guard a nip point with a barrier guard, light curtain, electric eye, trip wire, or presence-sensing device to prevent workers from coming into contact with nip rolls.
Maillet v. ATF-Davidson Co., 407 Mass. 185 (1990) Jury verdict for a worker whose hand was injured in a press. The verdict was upheld on appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holding that negligence and breach of warranty by a product manufacturer was a violation of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Statute (G. L. 93A, § 9(4)).
Malfunctioning lid on industrial water filter Settlement for 47-year-old maintenance worker in product liability claim.
Mark v. Obear & Sons, Inc., 313 F. Supp. 373 (D. Mass. 1970) The court had jurisdiction over the defendant under the long-arm statute where the defendant was a California corporation which manufactured and sold its products in Massachusetts and the plaintiff resided in Massachusetts. The decision allowed Sugarman lawyers to bring a claim in Massachusetts for our client.
Sable v. Meade Johnson & Co., 737 F.Supp. 135 (D. Mass. 1990) United States District Court decides in favor of injured patient who suffered severe complication from drug manufactured by defendant drug company and allows evidence at trial of post injury warnings ordered by FDA.
School bus crash Settlement in a negligence and product liability case against a transportation company and bus manufacturer following the deaths of four middle school students on a school trip in Canada.
Sodium explosion Settlement in a negligence and product liability case against a Newton chemical company for eleven firefighters were injured as a result of a sodium explosion at the company.