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Injured trash truck driver awarded $11.4 million 

Published: May 23, 2012

Tags: California, defective design

A federal court jury in San Francisco has awarded $11.4 million in damages to a garbage truck driver whose spine was injured when a front wheel of his truck collapsed and the 55,000-pound vehicle dropped to the ground.

Toyota loses $7.3 million in design flaw suit 

Published: February 27, 2012

Tags: car crash, defective design, Mississippi, paralysis, rollover, Toyota

A federal jury has awarded a Jones County, Miss. family more than $7.3 million in a lawsuit against Toyota after a rollover accident resulted in their son’s paralysis.

Apple paying out $15 per class member to settle Antennagate 

Published: February 21, 2012

Tags: Apple, cell phones, class action, defective design, iphone

Apple is giving people that were dissatisfied with the performance of their Iphone 4 the choice between a rubber band or $15.

That is the result of the class action lawsuit that was filed against the company when users complained that their magic phone would drop calls or lose signal whenever it was held in a certain way.

Paralyzed woman to receive $19.5 million from exercise equipment manufacturer 

Published: February 9, 2012

Tags: Cybex, defective design, negligence, New York, paralysis, product liability, quadriplegia

An exercise equipment manufacturer has agreed to pay $19.5 million to a Cheektowaga, N.Y. woman paralyzed while using one of its machines.

Cymbalta caused dangerous skin condition, lawsuit says 

Published: January 30, 2012

Tags: Cymbalta, defective design, drug litigation, Eli Lilly, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, strict liability

A Kansas woman has filed a product liability suit against Eli Lilly, claiming she suffered a life-threatening skin condition known as Stevens-Johnson syndrome as a result of taking the drug company’s anti-depressant Cymbalta.

Va. jury finds for car seat maker in injury case 

By: Peter Vieth
Published: January 3, 2012

Tags: automobile accident, brain damage, defective design, Virginia

A federal jury has rejected claims that a $50 child car seat was defective, closing the door on a $50 million claim for damages for an 8-year-old girl who suffered devastating brain damage in a 2009 auto accident.

The jury deliberated about six hours before returning a defense verdict.

N.Y. court cuts $66 million award for exercise injury 

Published: December 2, 2011

Tags: Cybex, defective design, negligence, New York, quadriplegia

A physical therapist who was crushed by a Cybex exercise machine may have to accept $45 million instead of the record $66 million awarded by an upstate New York jury last year.

Plaintiff can’t sue designer of product 

Published: October 26, 2011

Tags: defective design, negligence, product liability, seatbelts

The designer of a product does not meet the definition of a “manufacturer” under state law, and therefore a plaintiff may not sue a designer who did not manufacture or sell a product for a design defect, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled.

Tool maker must pay $1.5M for table saw injury 

Published: October 12, 2011

Tags: defective design, product liability

A product liability plaintiff made an adequate showing that the table saw that severely injured his hand could feasibly have been designed with a “flesh-detection” safety feature, the 1st Circuit has ruled in affirming a $1.5 million jury verdict.

Widower of man killed by neck massager sues 

Published: September 7, 2011

Tags: defective design, Florida, wrongful death

The widower of a South Florida doctor who was accidentally strangled by an electronic neck massager is suing the machine’s providers.