Massachusetts Wrongful Death Lawyers
Defective Product Wrongful Death
Losing a loved one is not only a painful time of grief and sorrow, but also presents many challenges for a person and his or her family to overcome. An already difficult time can become all the more arduous when a person's death is determined to have been caused by another individual's negligence or a company's oversight. Although pursuing a Massachusetts wrongful death claim to obtain compensation for past and future wages lost, pain and suffering, funeral expenses, medical bills, and other damages is often a complicated process, a surviving family member may want to consider the benefits of such a pursuit.
Our Commitment to Our Clients
From children's toys to motor vehicles, consumers rely on a broad range of products to be properly tested, designed, and manufactured to ensure safety and functionality. Unfortunately, product defects, marketing misrepresentation, and poor design are to blame for far too many incidents of injury and death to unsuspecting consumers every year. The >Boston wrongful death attorneys at the Kiley Law Group understand the devastation losing a loved one brings. This is why we are committed to helping our clients hold negligent parties legally responsible so that justice and rightful compensation are obtained in addition to helping prevent similar fatal accidents in the future.
Dangerous Products Causing Fatalities
According to the U.S. Consumer and Product Safety Commission (CPSC), consumer products are responsible for around 22,000 deaths a year. Cases of product failure or liability can be brought when products fail, when a product is unreasonably dangerous, or if injury or death is sustained due to improper instructions or insufficient warnings.
Product failure can be a particularly dicey aspect of accident law. You must prove not only that a product caused your loved one's fatal injury, but also that the product was not being used improperly or outside of its designed context.
Some of the most common types of products that have caused serious harm due to a defect, flaw, or contamination include the following:
- Children's toys, clothing, and furniture (including strollers and cribs)
- Food and beverages
- Motor vehicles or vehicle components (i.e. brakes, airbags, engine, etc.)
- Medications (both prescription and over-the-counter)
- Adult clothing and furniture
- Bicycles
- Helmets
What Makes Products Dangerous?
A product is dangerous when specific potential risks of injury, illness, or death are not clearly and accurately explained to consumers. A product is also dangerous if it has a defect, flaw, or contaminant that the manufacturing company failed to identify during the testing, designing, or manufacturing process. In some instances of a defective product, unsanitary or disorganized conditions at the plant or facility in which the product was made leads to a serious flaw in the product that causes injury or death. Mislabeling of pharmaceuticals, the failure to warn of side effects of a drug, and the misrepresentation of a medicine on the packaging or in advertisements are some other examples of how a product can be dangerous to the consumer.
Holding Negligent Manufacturers Liable for Death
The Boston defective product wrongful death lawyers and staff at the Kiley Law Group have several decades of experience in successfully bringing companies to task for their failed products. We are familiar with the many intricacies of product liability and wrongful death law, lending our clients the necessary legal skills and resources to obtain rightful compensation from negligent manufacturers. For more information regarding your legal rights and options, call us today at (888) 208-1695 for a free consultation.
