Product Liability
E-Cigarette Explosions – What You Need To Know
The Sawaya Law Firm is currently investigating cases involving severe injuries caused by exploding e-cigarette devices and exploding e-cigarette batteries. These explosions have been linked to faulty e-cigarette products, defective lithium-ion batteries, and insufficient warnings for users. With few regulations…
Recall Rights: What Rights Do You Have When Your Vehicle Is Recalled?
At the very best, auto recalls are inconvenient, forcing consumers to take time out of their already busy days to seek repairs. At the very worst, though, an auto recall means that the car has a defective part that may…
What You Need To Know About Self-Driving Cars
Self-Driving Cars aren’t arriving in the future – they’re already here. From the beginning, the idea of a self-driving car has resonated with our human desire to chill at all costs. Google and Tesla are manufacturing their own fleets of branded robo-cars….
Latest Ford F-150 Recalls Slam the Brakes on Safety Concerns
With over 33 complaints of brake failures on previous generation Ford F-150 pickups being reviewed by federal regulators, Ford’s latest safety concerns may affect as many as 420,000 of their signature vehicles. The investigation, opened on February 29th, covers F-150s with 3.5-liter…
Johnson & Johnson hit with $72 million verdict in trial linking talcum powder to ovarian cancer
On February 22, a jury in the City of St. Louis Circuit Court found Johnson & Johnson liable for injuries resulting from the use of its talc-containing products such as Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower body powder for…
Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Leaves Consumers in Haze
A stinky brown cloud is hovering over German-based car company Volkswagen, and it’s no accident – it’s there by design. This week saw the admission from VW that it had installed software in 11 million of its “Clean Diesel” cars,…
Takata Airbag Recall
You may have heard that nearly 34 million air bags were recalled last week by Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata. This recall is one of the largest in U.S. history. Recalls were made after discovering that the airbag’s inflators were deploying…
Liver Damage Linked to Over-the-Counter Tylenol Use
When a man took Tylenol per the directions on the bottle to soothe the aches and pains of a common cold, he never imagined that the over-the-counter medication would nearly kill him. Two days after taking the Tylenol, he was transported…
Lowe’s Drywall Settlement Under Scrutiny
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has received over 3,500 complaints from individuals in 38 states relating to defective drywall. Though a majority of these complaints come from Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the problem has the potential to affect consumers…
