PRODUCT LIABILITY

Winer Meheula & Devens LLP has extensive experience handling injury claims caused by defective or dangerous products. In particular, you may seek compensation for injuries caused by a manufacturing or design defect in a product or by inadequate warnings or instructions regarding the use of a product.

Dangerous products come in all shapes and sizes, and Winer Meheula & Devens LLP has aggressively pursued manufacturers in a variety of different fields. These products include automobiles, motorcycles, fishing boats, gas burners, hospital equipment, a brick making machine, recreational equipment, swimming pools, an auto unloading device, ladders, toys, safety devices for babies and tires. To pursue these claims, Winer Meheula & Devens LLP has retained engineering experts and safety consultants from across the United States, and it has achieved remarkable results for its clients.

Recently, Winer Meheula & Devens LLP obtained an $825,000 settlement for a longshoreman client seriously injured by a defective auto unloading device. In handling this case, the firm retained a patent expert from Washington D.C., an engineering expert from Seattle, and vocational rehabilitation and economic experts from Hawaii. Our efforts led to the first settlement involving the particular defect identified by our experts.

Winer Meheula & Devens LLP has also led the way in identifying dangerous products in other workplace settings. In the past two years, the firm successfully concluded products liability claims against a mainland manufacturer of a needle disposal unit which we alleged was the cause of a health care worker contracting AIDS and against a Washington based manufacturer of a cement block making machine which caused the partial amputation of a worker's hand.

Victims of defective products often believe that they cannot make a claim because they caused their own injuries. Manufacturers, however, have a duty to design, manufacture and warn potential consumers of dangers that might seem obvious. As a result, you should take advantage of Winer Meheula & Devens LLP's free consultation to determine if you have a claim.

If you are interested in additional information regarding products liability claims, then please contact us at winer@pacificlaw.com .