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Wilkes-Barre
15 South Franklin Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
TEL: 570.826.5600
FAX: 570.826.5640
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Scranton
120 Wyoming Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503
TEL: 570.341.5600
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Hazleton
120 East Broad Street
West Hazleton, PA 18202
TEL: 570.455.7112
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Scranton and Wilkes-Barre Defective Product Liability Attorney

Our modern, interconnected economy offers us a great variety of products that affect nearly every facet of our lives, from sleeping to entertainment to traveling to work. As wonderful and convenient as these technological advances are, they do not always work as we might hope or expect. When products fail in ways that could not reasonably be expected and, in doing so, cause serious harm to consumers, the manufacturers may be liable for the ensuing damages. Our offices in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton are excellent places to find a defective product liability attorney if you have been victimized by a malfunctioning seatbelt or child restraint, or a harmful pharmaceutical product.

Defective Automobile Product Liability

Products incorporated into automobiles can wreak havoc when they fail, creating even more opportunities for injury during an auto accident. Many car components can be subject to unreasonable failure rates, including major parts like gas tanks and tires and small but important personal safety devices such as seatbelts. Whether the malfunction is due to poor design or substandard manufacture, those responsible may be subject to defective product liability litigation. An attorney at Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, L.L.P. can help bring them to justice.

Seatbelts

Seatbelts save lives. Numerous studies and crash tests have proven beyond doubt that they are among the most important safety features of an automobile. With that effectiveness, though, comes an implicit bond of trust with consumers. When a defective product betrays that trust, the consequences can be severe. Seatbelts that, even when properly worn, fail to safeguard the lives and health of drivers and their passengers cause huge amounts of suffering and economic hardship each year. Victims of this type of defective product may, depending on the extent of their injuries, be entitled to sue for damages from a traumatic brain injury, a spinal cord injury, or the wrongful death of a loved one.

Child Restraints

Because of the vulnerability of those they are designed to keep safe, child restraints can become an especially devastating type of defective product when not designed or manufactured properly. Small children are not the right size for the seatbelts, airbags, and most other safety features built into cars, so they require special restraints. When a restraint fails during the course of a car crash, the child may incur any of several types of personal injury. Should such tragedy strike your family, our firm, with locations in Hazleton, Wilkes-Barre, and Scranton, can provide a defective product liability attorney to help you obtain just compensation. Those who find themselves in this situation should contact Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, L.L.P. as soon as possible.

Vehicles

Many different parts of an automobile can fail. The combination of high speeds, flammable chemicals, and large masses present during the operation of a car or truck creates the potential for serious physical injury. Most crashes are the result of driver error (as in a DUI accident), and even those caused by equipment failure usually stem from wear and tear rather than an inherently defective product. Liability for the accident can be attributed to the vehicle manufacturer if the failed part, through its design or construction, was not able to perform to reasonable standards. When a pattern of similar failures becomes apparent in a defective product, the company responsible may issue a recall to correct the problem before it causes more harm. These recalls should always be heeded, but they are often too late for many victims.

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Defective Medical Product Liability

Medical products that are defective cheat patients of the promise of modern medical help, often exacerbating the problems they were meant to help cure. We are able to assist victims from the areas around Wilkes-Barre and Scranton secure compensation for defective medical product liability claims by helping them find attorney services from firms that concentrate in this highly specialized field.

Pharmaceutical Drugs

Like auto parts, medicinal drugs can harm consumers through defects in design or manufacture. The FDA requires that new pharmaceutical substances go through years of carefully controlled testing before they may be administered to the public at large, but some harmful drugs will inevitably get through anyway. If the manufacturer had reason to suspect that patients would be subjected to negative side effects not disclosed in the drug’s literature, thousands or even millions may be harmed and become entitled to monetary restitution. The VIOXX® arthritis drug that turned out to be a cause of cardiac problems is a recent example; the medicine’s manufacturer became a target for many defective product liability suits throughout the country and lost huge amounts of money and goodwill.

The FDA also regulates the environments in which pharmaceuticals are manufactured. Even drugs that are perfectly safe normally can cause harm if they are contaminated by other substances in the factories where they are produced. Avoiding this potentially deadly recipe for defective product liability is one of the first responsibilities of pharmaceutical companies. Contact our firm in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre for advice from a defective product liability attorney if you or someone you love has fallen prey to the irresponsible actions of a pharmaceutical company.

Instruments and Prosthetics

Replacement joints, heart defibrillators, breast implants, and other types of prosthetics offer avenues of medical intervention not possible just a few generations ago. Products to be placed inside the human body, though, must be designed and manufactured to exacting standards, and all potential dangers must be fully disclosed. Anything less puts patients at undue risk of complication. The same is true of the many advanced instruments and machines used in modern healthcare. Should any of these devices turn out to be a defective product, liability for the damages may fall on the company responsible for the item’s design or manufacture.

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Contact Our Defective Product Attorneys Today

While some of the most prominent defective product types are discussed on this page, unreasonable and harmful failure can occur in virtually any manufactured item. If you or someone in your family has suffered injury as a result of manufacturer negligence, please contact our firm in Hazleton, Scranton, or Wilkes-Barre today. A defective product liability attorney will get back to you as soon as possible to discuss the details of your case and get you started on the road to recovery.