New York Product Liability Attorneys

In today’s technological era, we might expect products to be properly designed and manufactured without defects. Unfortunately, all too often, that is not the case.

The attorneys at Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore (KDLM) in New York have experience successfully representing individuals who have been hurt by defectively designed or improperly manufactured products.

• $10,000,000+: KDLM represented a 30-year-old woman who was badly injured when a bartender’s “flaming bar trick” went disastrously wrong. The liquor bottle he was using to fuel a pyrotechnics display turned into a flame thrower, burning the woman, who was a completely innocent bystander.
• $20,000,000: A popular household decoration purchased from a well-known national retailer burst into flames. It caused third-degree burns on two men.

KDLM has more than $120 million-dollar verdicts and more than $1 billion in settlements for our clients.

Examples of Product Liability

In today’s technological era, we might expect products to be properly designed and manufactured without defects. Unfortunately, all too often, that is not the case. Product liability is a broad area of law that covers a multitude of issues surrounding the manufacturing and usability of products that cause injury including:

• Defective Design Products may have a design flaw such as missing safeguards or elements that prevent misuse. Locking lids on pressure cookers or blade guards on lawn equipment are examples of past defective designs that have led to a lawsuit.
• Hidden Defect Defects of some products, specifically medical devices or medications, are not always known until they are in use and cause additional injury or illness to a person. Food poisoning due to contaminated materials or a dirty manufacturing plant also falls into the hidden defect category as well as products contaminated with toxic materials such as lead or asbestos that can lead to illness or injury years after the use of the product.
• Failure to Warn Manufacturers are required to label all products with adequate warnings of possible injuries. A product can be made dangerous or more dangerous on assembly or use with the failure to provide appropriate labeling that can result in injury.
• Malfunction When a product does not work as intended there is the potential for injury. Devices with an automatic shut-off or machines that can potentially emit toxic fumes have been the subject of malfunctioning product lawsuits in the past.

Depending on the circumstances of injury caused by a product your lawyer may be able to allege negligence, strict liability, or breach of warranty in a lawsuit.

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About Us

The attorneys at Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore (KDLM) in New York have experience successfully representing individuals who have been hurt by defectively designed or improperly manufactured products.

KDLM has decades of experience representing victims and families of victims who have suffered personal injuries.

Year after year, KDLM is recognized as one of the two or three top law firms for all types of plaintiff personal injury work.

Our New York City product liability firm has won over 100 verdicts of over $1 million for clients and has negotiated settlements on behalf of clients in excess of $1 billion.