Every day we depend on a variety of manufactured products that assist in living comfortably. We drive our cars to work, clean our houses, and keep our children entertained with toys and games. Normally, we don't give much thought as to whether or not the products we use are safe - we assume that every product we use has been tested, examined, and approved for use. Unfortunately, every product is not tested and defective products do exist.

According to the U.S. Consumer and Product Safety Commission (CPSC), consumer products are responsible for 22,000 deaths and 29 million injuries a year. These product defects account for $500 billion annually; the number of recalls each year range between 200 and 300 products. On average, there are 218,700 toy-related injuries every year in the United States. The pain and suffering as a result of such defective products is immeasurable.

Products Liability Law

In general, if a product is unreasonably dangerous, or if a product does not include sufficient warnings or instructions and causes injury, you may have grounds for a product liability case. If you, or someone you love has been injured or died as a result of a defective product, recovery of financial losses is your right under the law if it is proven that a company failed to design a product fit for consumer use.

Financial Support Helps You Recover from an Accident

Medical bills start to pile up if you've been injured as a result of a defective product. Filing a lawsuit can help you pay the costs you have incurred due to a company's failure to produce a safe product for the marketplace.

If you have been involved in an accident caused by a defective product, you may be entitled to compensation for:

Pain and suffering
Future earnings
Medical bills related to the accident
Pharmacy costs
Physical therapy
Transportation
Loss of enjoyment of life
Loss of relationship with your spouse
Value of lost ability to participate in activities

Our client services for defective products include:

Faulty or defective seat belts
Defective child seats
Tire tread failures and tire blow outs
Vehicle fires
Airbag defects
Vehicle roof crush
Seat back failures
15-passenger van defects
SUV rollovers
Post-collision fuel-fed fires (PCFFF)
Medical devices
Defective drugs
Over the counter supplements

Our team of experienced product liability attorneys have handled hundreds of cases involving defective products and we have obtained million dollar settlements for our clients to help compensate them for their injuries. You don't have to go it alone. Let Thomas M. Kiley & Associates assist you in finding justice and moving on with your life.

Our Proven Record

$1.25 million settlement due to defective seat belts
$1.2 million settlement arising from defective fuel tank
$1.3 million for defective swimming pool
$2.2 million for injury due to defective child toy

Help for You and Other Consumers

There are laws and government regulations in place to protect you and your family from harmful or defective products, but the system isn't perfect. By filing a lawsuit you may not only collect the money you deserve but you may be instrumental in saving another individual and family from the pain you have endured.

Lawsuits often result in recalls and redesigns that ultimately increase product safety for everyone. Don't assume you are the only one who has been injured in an accident involving a certain product. If you don't pursue litigation, other unwary consumers may be injured by the product.

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TIP: If injured by a product, do not discard it. Place it in a safe place and preserve it and any warnings, instructions or literature that accompanied the product, as these may become important evidence in your case.

If you aren't sure who is at fault in your product liability case, or how best to proceed after an accident, contact our firm today at (800) 930-8145 or (978) 474-8670 for a FREE evaluation of your case.

There is NO OBLIGATION to hire our firm and there are NO FEES unless one of our experienced product liability lawyers wins your case! You shouldn't have to accrue debt and deplete your family's savings because a manufacturer failed to exercise the reasonable care for your safety as required by the law.

Library for Product Liability:

Liver Damage Linked to Hydroxycut
Description: The FDA has issued a warning for consumers taking Hydroxycut. This popular dietary supplement has been linked to serious liver damage and death. Contact an experienced Boston injury lawyer at the law office of Thomas M. Kiley & Associates, LLP at 978-474-8670 or 800-930-8145 if you have been injured by Hydroxycut.
How to Locate Car Seat Recall Information (Part A)
Description: Buying a car seat is the first step in making travel safer for a child. Parents need to know how to search for car seat recall data that could put their child at risk for injury. Thomas M. Kiley & Associates can help you determine liability and get you the compensation you deserve for your child's injuries or death - 1-800-930-8145.
How to Locate Car Seat Recall Information (Part B)
Description: Buying a car seat is the first step in making travel safer for a child. Parents need to know how to search for car seat recall data that could put their child at risk for injury. Thomas M. Kiley & Associates can help you determine liability and get you the compensation you deserve for your child's injuries or death - 1-800-930-8145.
Fireworks in Massachusetts – Learn Your Rights from a Lawyer (Part B)
Description: When discussing Massachusetts’ fireworks law you should understand what happens to unsupervised children get their hands on explosives. Have you experienced a personal injury in a firework accident or amusement park caused by a defective product? Learn how to get help by contacting Tom Kiley, child injury attorney.
Fireworks in Massachusetts – Learn Your Rights from a Lawyer (Part A)
Description: When discussing Massachusetts’ fireworks law you should understand what happens to unsupervised children get their hands on explosives. Have you experienced a personal injury in a firework accident or amusement park caused by a defective product? Learn how to get help by contacting Tom Kiley, child injury attorney.
Crib Safety Standards: Your Baby’s Security Depends on It!
Description: Every year, brand-name models are "voluntarily" recalled in large numbers at the urging of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Manufacturers looking to avoid personal injury and product liability lawsuits willingly conduct these recalls - after problems, injuries or deaths are reported. Thomas M. Kiley & Associates can help you determine liability and get you the compensation you deserve for your child's injuries or death - 1-800-930-8145.
Lawsuits for Crib Recalls
Description: Our product liability attorneys lead the way to safer crib furniture when the federal government fails to ban unsafe models. While the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) routinely requests high-volume crib recalls each year, these often come too late to save lives. The resultant infant deaths and injuries related to faulty crib products remaining on the market provoke lawsuits and out-of-court settlements.
Unsafe Cribs and Unsafe Baby Furniture Can Cause Death!
Description: Many parents presume that a new crib is a safe crib. The numbers claim otherwise. In a given year, the CPSC reports an average of over 11,000 injuries attributed to cribs. Injuries and deaths related to baby cribs and other children's furniture are very difficult for parents and families to cope with. We can't take away your pain, but we can help you take legal action against a negligent manufacturer and get you the compensation you deserve for your suffering.
Lawsuits Keep Kids Safe from Defective Toys
Description: Phthalates can affect the endocrine system of the human body. Upsetting the hormonal balance in this manner has been linked in medical studies with asthma and reproductive problems, especially in children. Boys are at high risk for inhibited development of the genitalia and testosterone production, which can have lifelong consequences. If your child was harmed by a defective toy, contact Thomas M. Kiley & Associates as soon as possible to preserve your rights to a settlement - 1-800-930-8145.
ATV Rollover Accidents: Do You Have Legal Recourse?
Description: More than 500 riders are killed in ATV accidents each year, some obviously the victims of defective product design. Hundreds of thousands more are injured, some critically. If you're considering buying or driving someone else's all-terrain vehicle (ATV), these annual accident statistics should interest you.

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Consumer Product Safety Commission
Description: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

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Massachusetts personal injury lawyer, Thomas M. Kiley, is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and is a respected member of the American Association for Justice and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

The personal injury attorneys at the Law Office of Thomas M. Kiley & Associates are dedicated to helping the victims of:

Car, motorcycle, truck, van or bus accident
Single vehicle accidents such as SUV or 15-passenger van rollovers
Pedestrian accidents such as a hit and run
Defective products such as ineffective airbags or seatbelts, prescription drugs with unpublicized side-effects, or hazardous children's toys
Child injury and child abuse such as negligence
Birth injuries such as trauma during labor or cerebral palsy