San Francisco Products Liability Lawyer
A consumer can suffer serious injury or even death as a result of an unsafe product. A product may be unsafe due to defective design, manufacture, engineering, or inadequate or misleading labels, instructions, or warnings.
At Abramson Smith Waldsmith LLP, our experienced San Francisco products liability attorneys have the resources to effectively handle complex cases involving highly technical issues related to structural engineering, metallurgy, biomechanics, and human factors. We've earned a national reputation for excellence for our work on products liability cases in which we prove a duty to the consumer and a breach of that duty. Contact us today.
Our lawyers have extensive experience in litigation regarding dangerous and defective products, including in the following categories:
- Construction and industrial equipment (from scaffolding to industrial machinery)
- Transportation equipment (from air bags to aviation parts)
- Sports and recreation equipment (from treadmills to motorcycles)
- Household products (from smoke detectors to food packaging)
- Medical equipment (including surgical devices)
- Automatic electronic defibrillator (portable defibrillator)
- Protective barriers on public roadways
Our work in products liability has led to the development of new laws to protect consumers. In 1984, attorney William B. Smith tried Lunghi v. Clark Equipment Co., 153 Cal.App.3d 485 (1984). It established that, per the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a product manufacturer who becomes aware of a product's dangers after it's on the market has a duty to warn of the danger short of product recall. Lunghi is the leading case supporting the duty to recall and retrofit. The law also encouraged Vioxx and Bextra manufacturers to recall unsafe pharmaceutical products.
Contact us for knowledgeable legal representation regarding a serious injury related to a defective product.
Read more about products liability.
$3.2 million verdict in a products liability case with the loss of arm involving a meat grinder
$1.4 million settlement for construction workers who sustained serious injuries dismantling an old refinery.
$1 million settlement following a jury trial in a case involving a logging incident
