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Did You Know?
420,000 Bowflex fitness machines by Nautilus Direct could be dangerous
Nautilus Direct and CPSC have received at least 70 reports of the backboard benches breaking, resulting in at least 59 back, neck and shoulder injuries. Nautilus Direct has received at least 18 reports of the "Lat Tower" rotating forward and falling, resulting in at least 14 back, neck, shoulder, teeth, nose and head injuries, some of which required stitches.
Product Liability Cases Involving SUV ‘s in Louisiana
Pickup and SUV occupants
277
precentage
31
Total motor vehicle deaths
894
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data I
The manufacturer of a product has the given responsibility
of making their product with care. Manufacturers provide the
assurance that a purchaser or user of the product suffer a personal injury when using the product as intended
by the manufacturer.
Louisiana Verdicts and Settlements
Jury awards $61,154 in car accident case involving Louisiana woman
(9/22/1999)
Car Accident - Rear-End - On March 18, 1994, plaintiff, Lesa S. Petrus was driving north on Line Avenue in Shreveport, Louisiana, on her way to work. Plaintiff clicked her right turn signal and was then struck from behind by a car driven by defendant
32,231- CA
The products you purchase from Louisiana retail stores, wholesalers,
supermarkets, or specialty outlets are manufactured with an implicit
guarantee that the item is not defective and that the purchaser
of the item come to no harm if the manufactured product
is used in its intended manner.
Products with a dangerously defective
potential rate are a threat to your safety and well-being. An individual
who has been loaned or given a defective or negligent product can
file product liability claims and take action against those responsible
for the defective or dangerous product.
Among the many common consumer products that are recalled are:
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Audio, RM, 8 Kbps, 4:09, 7/9/1998
NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Senate Republican leaders have withdrawn a product liability bill that was being blocked by Democrats. The measure would have limited the liability of wholesalers and retailers of products that cause harm. It also would have limited punitive damages against companies with fewer than 25 employees or with annual revenues of less than five million dollars. The measure, which has been debated in various forms for years, was opposed by trial lawyers and consumer group Source: National Public Radio
Louisiana External Sites
Vioxx Product Liability
Eastern District of Louisiana. 500 Poydras Street, Room C-456 New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 589-7545 Fax: (504) 589-6966 ... MINUTE ENTRY FALLON, J. MARCH 18, 2005 UNITED STATES DI
work product and will not disclose that information to any other parties. ... 4 LIABILITY LITIGATION. Section: "L". New Orleans, Louisiana
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Definition:
Fitness and merchantability The two most important warranties created by U.C.C. Article 2 are the warranty of merchantability (2-314) and the warranty of fitness for a particular purpose (2-315). The warranty of merchantability is a promise that the goods are fit for the ordinary purpose for which goods of that type are used.
State of the Art
Definition:
At the time of manufacture, your product was produced using the highest level of scientific and technical knowledge available.
Dispute Resolution Programs
Definition:
During mediation, both sides involved in the dispute meet with a neutral third party and create their own agreement jointly. In contrast, in arbitration the third party decides how to settle the problem.
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Louisiana Occupants of SUVs and pickups 
Vioxx Product Liability