Defective Products and Recalls

Defective and Recalled Product Injury

Companies have a duty to protect consumers and workers using their products in reasonable and foreseeable ways, but each year, thousands of adults and children are permanently harmed by dangerous products. Thousands more are injured as a result of negligent management. Such tragedies often result in:

• Amputation
• Brain injury
• Burns
• Disfigurement
• Head trauma
• Paralysis and other spinal cord injuries

Types of Defective and Recalled Product Claims

Our catastrophic personal injury attorneys handle product liability lawsuits that can include one or more of the following claims:

• Defective design claims allege the poor or inadequate design and development of a product for intended, reasonable and foreseeable uses. These claims typically are made regarding products or a product line, even if they do not have manufacturing defects.
• Defective manufacture claims allege a fault in an individual item as a result of the manufacturing and inspection process.
• Failure to warn claims allege marketing defects, inadequate warnings or insufficient instructions for the consumer regarding how the product should be used.

See a list of current national recalls, or search for a specific recall

In many cases, our attorneys work to promote changes in safety standards and permanent improvements in the marketplace and workplace. Our passionate advocacy includes efforts to achieve safer working conditions, reliable products and the improved health and welfare of consumers, workers and other innocent people.

Our Experience in Defective and Recalled Product Lawsuits

At Motley Rice, our attorneys have decades of experience handling a wide variety of defective product and product recall cases, as well as medical drugs and medical device recall lawsuits. View a full listing of the multidistrict litigation cases in which Motley Rice attorneys have been actively involved and/or held leadership positions.

While coping with the loss of a loved one or the devastation of a permanent injury, survivors face numerous other obstacles such as medical expenses and loss of income, as well as many important decisions that must be made.

Consumer Resources

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Established to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes through education, research, safety standards and enforcement.

Public Citizen National, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that works toward improvements in the safety and effectiveness of passenger vehicles, energy sources, health and environmental protections, health care and prescription drugs, and social and economic trade policies.

Recalls.gov: Operated by the U.S. government to provide comprehensive recall information from six agencies as related to unsafe, hazardous or defective products.

SaferCar.gov: Operated by the U.S. government, provides the public with vehicle defect and recall alerts, crash test and rollover ratings and other safety information.

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About the Authors

Kevin R. Dean

Member

Focusing his litigation efforts on catastrophic injury, products liability, and wrongful death cases, Kevin Dean represents victims and families affected by hazardous consumer products, occupational and industrial accidents, fires, premise injuries, toxic exposure and other incidents of negligence. 

Anne McGinness Kearse

Member

With more than two decades of experience in complex litigation, Anne brings a passion for justice to each case, working for her clients and seeking to bring those responsible to account.