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Contaminated Blood Product Litigation
When patients are faced with life threatening injuries or diseases, they sometimes rely on blood donations to save their lives. What happens when the blood they rely on to save them actually makes them sicker?
Power Window Accidents
Because deaths from power window accidents are relatively rare, car manufacturers argue that the cost using the more expensive switches is not justified by the small number of deaths and injuries. Further, they claim that parents and caregivers are ultimately responsible for supervising their children in cars. Consumer safety groups argue that because the injuries and deaths are readily preventable, the change should be made even if the impact is not broad. Further, they claim that children can be injured even with parental supervision.
Product Liability Insurance
Product liability insurance protects companies against lawsuits from product-related injuries or accidents. The types of accidents product liability insurance policies protect against are usually those stemming from the use or handling of products or goods manufactured, sold or distributed by the named insured. Product liability insurance generally covers personal injuries, not property damage. While some general insurance policy cover product liability, the majority do not.
Pharmacists' Liability for Improperly Dispensing Prescription Drugs
A pharmacist has three basic duties: to store prescription drugs properly, to prepare prescription drugs properly, and to dispense prescription drugs correctly. If the dispensing pharmacist fails to perform any of these duties, he/she could be held liable if a patient experiences a drug-related injury. This article discusses pharmacists' liability for the improper dispensing of prescription drugs.
Strict Liability for Gun Manufacturers
In recent years, gun manufacturers have been named as defendants in product liability actions. The actions have been filed on behalf of private citizens as well as by U.S. cities plagued by gun violence. These actions allege various grounds for liability against gun manufacturers.
