In February 2022, a complaint was filed for a products liability case in the United States District Court of Massachusetts on behalf of 15 Massachusetts firemen against 28 industrial corporations, including 3M Company, DuPont, Chemguard, and Tyco Fire Products. Product liability allows plaintiffs to sue if they come across a faulty consumer product. Although this doctrine…
Millions of diabetics in this country rely on prescription medication metformin. However, recent tests of this medication have found that it may contain high levels of a cancer-causing carcinogen. The team at Colucci, Colucci & Marcus, P.C. wants to discuss these findings with you as well as steps you may need to take to protect…
Hearing about vehicle recalls on the news may not seem like a big deal. That is, it may not seem like a big deal until it has to do with your vehicle. Vehicle recalls happen all the time and one of the latest has to do with BMW, a company that is recalling hundreds of…
When you think of deceptive product labels, you probably think about food labels in general. There certainly have been plenty of media stories on the news and on reliable internet, sources detailing how certain labels attempt to mislead you with words like “all-natural,” “sugar-free” and other claims. In fact, the glut labels that are purposely…
There is absolutely no doubt that products are safer today than ever before, and in large part that is due to lawsuits. I know that nobody wants to give lawyers credit for anything, but it is the truth. When a product liability attorney rightfully sues because a product is defective and hurts someone, they affect…
We’re in the middle of a cold New England winter and for many of us, that means we’re suffering the ubiquitous head cold. Not surprisingly, young children are particularly susceptible as their attendance in school subjects them to throngs of other children, many of whom are infected with a virus. As parents, we seek to…
The amount of products we use throughout our daily lives truly is astounding. From the refrigerators, we use to preserve our food to the cars we use to get to work to the computers and phones we use to check our emails and communicate, hundreds of products exist to make our lives easier. Unfortunately, not…
When the minor plaintiff, a two-year-old girl, developed symptoms of ordinary congestion, her parents took her to her primary care doctor who recommended the use of a warm steam vaporizer. The parents purchased the defendant’s vaporizer which contained warnings to keep the apparatus away from children. Notwithstanding this fact, the parents placed the vaporizer on…
On April 10, 2013, Stryker Orthopaedics issued an Urgent Medical Device Recall relating to some of its knee replacement systems. Based upon dozens of complaints from patients experiencing joint instability, fracture, need for revision surgery, chronic pain, and range of motion limitations, Stryker has determined that its ShapeMatch Cutting Guides, upon which surgeons rely on…
Defective Smoke Detectors Fire is an ancient danger. According to Greek myth, a fire had to be stolen from the gods, and it remains devastating, dangerous, and unpredictable. Over 3,000 people are killed every year in residential fires in the U.S as smoke, flames, and deadly gases race through their homes. These deaths are tragic…