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Ever wonder why there is a flap on the back of the housing of your power lawnmower that prevents roll-back accidents that amputate toes and feet, or why your circular saw has a safety brake, or why there are child-proof bottle caps and rear-door child security locks on our cars, or why there are printed safety warnings that come attached to so many of the mechanical products we buy? The answer is because personal injury lawyers, who have sued manufacturers for people who have suffered injury from defective and dangerous products, have made it standard operating procedure for manufacturers to go the extra distance to make the use of their products safe. All of these changes have come from litigation. When personal injury lawyers make it too costly for uncaring manufacturers to ignore the dangers to the public, corporate thinking changes and products become safer.

The lawyers of Z & F have a long history of success in going after negligent manufacturers. It was due to a hard fought case brought by partner Alan Zwiebel that the Consumer Product Safety Commission went after Robert-Shaw Controls for concealing from the public that dozens of people were maimed and killed by a defective hot water heater control. (Gilberti v. Robert-Shaw Controls). Partner Jonathan Fairbanks sued White-Westinghouse because that company failed to provide consumers with a method to prevent a improperly designed electric stoves from tipping over, One of their stoves caused a child to suffer horrible 3rd degree burns over her entire back. White-Westinghouse paid $2,2000,000 to the child and is now conducting a recall advising of the dangers (Germond v. White- Westinghouse). When the first liter and 2 liter soda containers were made they were made of glass and covered with Styrofoam. The glass made them too heavy for children to safely hold, the Styrofoam covered defects in the glass and could hold a damage bottle together. In Lindsay v Coca Cola, Alan Zwiebel obtained a recovery for a child blinded when a liter of Coca Cola exploded. Now the containers are made of lightweight plastic.

If you, a family member or friend were injured by because a product didn’t work the way it should have, didn’t warn of danger in inherent in its use or had a manufacturing defect please call us. We are interested in helping you recover and making it a safer world.

Defective Products Case Inquiry Form