Category Archives: Products Liability
Mar
In Massachusetts, all manufacturers promise that products sold here are fit for their ordinary, intended purposes, which includes both those uses which the manufacturer intended and those uses and misuses which are reasonably foreseeable. If a product is more dangerous than necessary, the product is not fit for its intended purpose. This promise is independent […]
Manufacturers of products intended for children cannot make products unnecessarily dangerous. When manufacturers do and a child suffers harm, that manufacturer is responsible for the harm. Graco, a division of Atlanta-based Newell Rubbermaid, agreed to a voluntary safety recall to replace the buckles of nearly 3.8 million child car safety seats. Although the recall happened […]
Sean and Lexi Munroe, 7 and 8 year old siblings respectively, of Franklin, Massachusetts, died tragically when they were locked inside a Lane hope chest and suffocated. The Hope Chest had a lid that locked on the outside when the children went inside the chest. The lid could only be unlocked from the outside. As […]
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