Burn Injuries Often Caused By Defective Products
As Georgia injury lawyers, we have seen our share of serious burn injury cases. Burn injuries vary widely in both their cause and severity. Many burn accidents occur as a result of the negligence of someone other than the victim. For that reason, anytime someone is severely burned, it is crucial to determine how the accident occurred and who was at fault. Many burn injuries are caused by defective or dangerous products for which the manufacturer of the product may be liable. As an example, this year two U.S. senators introduced a bill to congress which would require that all stoves sold in the United States be sold with brackets which would prevent them from tipping over. In addition the bill would require that the devices be installed. Over the past twenty years, a hundred people have been seriously injured or killed because a stove tipped over on them. Some stove tipping victims were severely burned due to hot foods and liquids spilling onto them and a few people have been crushed to death by a stove. U.S. Congressmen Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Vito Fossella (R-NY) presented H.R. 5753 to Congress this last April. In a $546 million class action settlement agreement, Sears has agreed to provide anti-tip devices for free for 4 million stoves that they sold. See http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2611, visited on October 26, 2009.
If you or a loved one have sustained a serious burn injury because of the negligence of another, contact the Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP. We have more than 40 years experience in representing the victims of a serious personal injuries due to defective products. Contact us today for a free case consultation.
