archive for 'Product Defects'

• Danbury Hospital Buys Steroids From Unaccredited Pharmacy, Plaintiff Suffers Deadly Meningitis

  By mstratton | posted on December 22nd, 2012

    Doyle v. Danbury Hospital (Filed in Danbury 2012): Dr. Kloth prescribed the plaintiff Jay Doyle a steroid injection for his arthritis. Ridgefield Surgical Center which is operated by Danbury Hospital bought these injections from NECC— a Framingham, MA based compounder. The Center then marked up the price on the drug and sold it to the plaintiff- in whom the steroid was injected. The defendant hospital purchased the drugs from NECC because they were cheaper than safer options. NECC was an unaccredited compounding pharmacy with a history of poor hygiene practices. Immediately following the injection in October 2012, Jay Doyle–a MORE

• Product Liability, Tire Defect and Negligent Repair Cause Van Rollover and Quadraplegia

  By mstratton | posted on May 31st, 2012

  Desalle, et al v. Wal-Mart, Cooper Tire & Rubber, et al (Filed Bridgeport in 2011) Seven people were severely injured when a defective tire blew out in their minivan. The minivan was caused to roll causing horrific injuries to the occupants. Faxon Law Group has brought highly experienced tire manufacturing experts, mechanical engineers, accident reconstructionists, and life care planners to support this claim. The retailer, manufacturer and service repair shop have been named as defendants. Cooper has had massive recalls for tire defects in the past and has been held liable for similar rollovers. See for example the following story:  Cooper MORE

• Product Defect, Trailer Systems Lack Lighting to Alert Oncoming Motorists After a Crash

  By mstratton | posted on May 29th, 2012

  Grass v. Fontaine, (Federal Court Connecticut, 2006) In the early morning hours of January 17, 2003, a terrible crash claimed the lives of four Yale students including Nicholas Grass. Nick was an ace pitcher on the Yale baseball team as well as a brilliant student. The crash occurred shortly after a tractor trailer jack-knifed on I-95 near Stamford. When the TT came to a rest, the trailer’s running lights were inoperable. This made the trailer difficult to see until it was too late. As a result,the Yale student’s SUV slammed into the trailer. Fontaine is being sued because this trailer MORE

• Product Defect, Gas Receiver Explodes Causing Burn Injuries and Trauma

  By mstratton | posted on May 28th, 2012

  Stelzer v. Portersville Sales and Testing (Filed in Hartford, 2011) The plaintiff worked for Praxair. During the course of his employment, he was onsite at a client’s business. While there, an oxygen gas receiver exploded in his vicinity causing a flash fire and an explosive wave. He was badly injured. We have hired product design specialists to find out how this occurred and to document the defective nature of the product designed by the defendant.

• Product Defect, Nail Gun Has Design That Allows Serial Misfirings

  By mstratton | posted on May 28th, 2012

  Patrick v. Porter Cable Corporation and Home Depot (Filed New Haven, 2009) The plaintiff was using a nail gun designed and manufactured by Porter Cable and sold at Home Depot. While using the gun, it misfired into his face and lodged into his brain. A product engineer was retained by our firm to investigate the design. The nail gun is designed to continue to fire nails even after no pressure is being applied to the discharge point. This has caused severe injury and needs to be remedied. There are alternative designs which would cost little to implement but to date MORE

• Medical Malpractice, Failure to Diagnose Cancerous Spine Tumor

  By wp_stf | posted on May 19th, 2012

  Aiken v. Saul, Filed Bridgeport in 2009 The 57 year old married client complained to his internist of neck and right shoulder pain in 2004. An MRI was ordered which demonstrated a possible small neck tumor. The radiologist who did the MRI suggested to the internist that another test be performed to confirm whether there was a tumor. Over the next 4 years of visits, and despite repeated complaints, the internist failed to disclose the MRI results to the patient, or order the suggested tests. Finally in late 2008, the internist ordered another MRI after the plaintiff described severe numbness MORE