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A South Carolina man suffered serious head injuries on Saturday at Wildwood Park in Columbia County, Georgia after falling off a jet ski while a passenger. The victim, 21 year old Joel David McClennen, was airlifted to Medical College of Georgia for treatment following the jet ski accident.

While it is unknown what caused the jet ski accident, jet ski's have been the subject of wide-scale litigation involving allegations of defective design, some of which have been resolved in favor of the jet ski victim.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a jet ski, boating or any other type of watercraft accident, I would invite you to please visit my website, www.samlevine.com or contact my office, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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The Arkansas Supreme Court has given the green light to plaintiffs to move forward as a class in a pending product liability lawsuit against General Motors over allegedly defectively designed brakes.

The class representative is Boyd Bryant, a previous buyer of the defective brakes that he purchased from GM in September 2006.

In the product liability lawsuit, Bryant alleges that between 1999 and 2002, General Motors sold pickups and SUV's with parking brakes that were defectively designed. What is of an aggravating nature and what has given rise to a claim of punitive damages is that GM is believed to have known about the defective brakes as far back as 2000, but failed to notify dealerships until 2003, so that corrective action could be taken.

If you or a loved one has been affected, including injured or killed by defective brakes made by General Motors, I would invite you to visit my website, www.samlevine.com or contact my office, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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A San Jose jury recently awarded $6.2 million in a wrongful death case of a 40 year old man killed by a taser made by Taser International, Inc. Salinas area police were called to a domestic disturbance at the Heston home at which point they tasered Heston, who later died over what is suspected of being overexposure to the electric shock.

The wrongful death lawsuit, included the standard allegations, including failure to warn. This is the first loss for Taser International in a product liability lawsuit involving a wrongful death.

If you or a loved has been seriously injured or killed by a taser or any other type of defective or dangerous device or product, I would invite you visit my website www.samlevine.com or contact my office, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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The TV Program, 20/20 recently did a story on retailers of tires selling their inventory believed to be deteriorating, as new. While the tires may be technically unused or "new", the lengthy amount of time that the tires sit on the shelf awaiting sale leads to decay, drying out and deterioration of various tires components, including the threads, making the tires as a whole, unsafe.

The most disturbing part of the story is that over a hundred people have died as a result accidents involving tires that appeared to be new and in good condition, but in actuality, were unsafe. Consumer Experts have advised consumers to exercise extreme caution using any tires older than six years and to look at the "cryptic code" engraved in the sidewall of the tire to determine the exact year the tire was made.

On a positive note, big tire makers such as Michelin, Bridegstone/Firestone and Continental recommend that consumers not use tires older than ten years even if the tires look like they are in good shape.

In an effort to make a profit, it is believed by Consumer Experts that some of the big tire-makers are selling tires older than that recommended by consumer groups. Goodyear is believed to be one of the tire retailers selling aged tires as new to consumers according KGO-TV in San Francisco. Wal-Mart and Sears are also believed to be included as retailers selling older than recommended tires.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed as a result of an aged tire, I would invite you to visit my website, www.samlevine.com or contact my office, Sam Levine, Attorney at law.

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The family of a 19 year old man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Toyota claiming their son's side impact airbags failed during a collision. The car accident occurred when the driver of a Ford truck ran a stop sign while drunk and crashed into the Toyota Prius that the 19 year old man was driving. The collision resulted in the the young man's car falling into a ditch.

The wrongful death lawsuit against Toyota asserts that the side airbags were defective because they did not inflate upon impact. Three hours after the car accident, the young man, Mr. Tovar, died.

Toyota had issued a voluntary recall on some of its cars telling consumers that the airbags might not deploy. According to reports, the 2005 Toyota Prius that Tovar was driving was not on the recall list of cars with possibly defective airbags, side or otherwise.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed by a defective airbag or any other defective component of your car, I would invite you to please visit my website, www.samlevine.com or contact my office, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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Back in in 1997, Michael Guillory was hit by another driver causing a car accident when, Jeffrey Moon, while going through a stop sign in rural Texas, failed to stop and struck his Nissan Pathfinder. The rub is that while Guillory was wearing his seatbelt as required by law, he claims that he was unnecessarily injured when his seatbelt, which he maintains was defective, came unlatched and failed to restrain him. Eleven years later, on March 10, 2008, Guillory filed a product liability lawsuit against car maker giant, Nissan in Federal Court in Eastern Texas.

In the lawsuit, Guillory is pushing for all damages available under the law in this product liability lawsuit, including for pain and suffering, loss of consortium, physical impairment, disfigurement, extreme emotional distress, mental anguish, medical expenses, lost wages, pre and post-judgment interest, and court costs. Guillory is also strongly contending in the product liability lawsuit that the Nissan Pathfinder was not "reasonably crashworthy" and not reasonably fit for unintended, but clearly foreseeable, accidents." The suit also states that the Pathfinder's seatbelt was defective due to the buckle releasing during the accident, the restraint system not being crashworthy, and the buckle not providing adequate restraint.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed by a defective seatbelt or any other defective product, I would invite you to visit my website, www.samlevine.com or contact my office, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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The family of a Houston area teenager has recently filed a Wrongful Death lawsuit against Toyota over claims of defective side impact airbags. The wrongful death lawsuit came in the wake of a serious car accident where another driver in a pick-up truck ran a stop sign and crashed into the driver side of the Toyota Prius driven, by the now deceased, teenager. The Toyota Prius, which was equipped with side impact airbags, failed to deploy, according to the family.

What will support the family in their wrongful death lawsuit is the fact that Toyota had previously issued a voluntary recall on some of its vehicles, thereby alerting consumers that the airbags may not work in the event of a collision.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed because an airbag did not deploy when you were in a high impact accident, I would invite you to visit my website, www.samlevine.com or contact my office, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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Following multiple surgeries to fix several hernias, Marion Teague, from Texas, started having stomach pain. The Plaintiff asserts in his product liability lawsuit that the hernia patch was defective because it became infected. The Texas man also claims that the hernia mesh was defectively designed, that the medical product manufacturer was negligent in making such a dangerous product and that there were inadequate warnings. What is of obvious concern with a defective hernia patch is the myriad of medical complications that could and do occur when there is a breach or compromise of the patch material.

The Plaintiff is pushing for in excess of $75,000 in damages and it is not known if her particular patch has anything to do with a current recall.

The Defendants have not yet answered the defective product lawsuit. If you or a loved one has been injured by this defective product, I would invite you to contact my firm, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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Defective pain patch maker, Johnson & Johnson is in hot water with the feds who recently warned them for the second time that misuse of the Duragesic pain patch is still causing people to drop like flies.

The defective patch is supposed to help people with cancer pain, but it can and does actually cause it's users to have trouble breathing. The big question for Johnson and Johnson is, "is the misuse of the pain patch foreseeable?" If the answer is yes and it is, the company will continue to face product liability lawsuits for the wrongful death and personal injuries of it's end users. Juries in Texas and Florida are hitting Johnson & Johnson with sizable verdicts and lawsuits continue to be filed.

I represent people who have been hurt by this and other defective products. For ethical and aggressive representation of those victims nationwide, please call (888) 404-LAWYER. Please visit my website. www.samlevine.com.

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Medtronic has agreed to pay out $114 million dollars to settle numerous defective product lawsuits related to their cardiac defibrillator. The defective product was meant to control and limit rapid heartbeats that could lead to cardiac arrest.

The medical product maker had previously tried to get a federal judge to toss out over 350 pending lawsuits in connection with a voluntary recall, but the judge said no.

The company head is reported as being glad that the settlement is behind them. However, this settlement does not limit or prevent people from asserting similar claims for injuries sustained by these defibrillators.

I currently accept these and other type of case involving defective products, be it medical device makers or injury causing prescription drugs. Please visit my website. www.samlevine.com.

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A toy fingerprint kit considered to be defective has been yanked. The defective product called the, "CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit", is deemed to be dangerous because it contains asbestos which becomes airborne when blown by the user.

For anyone that watches CSI on TV, blowing the material is a fundamental part of the crime scene investigation process. In this case, however, the material in this defective toy contains asbestos and when inadvertently inhaled, can lead to cancer.

For any of you that have children that are a fan of either the CSI show or going into the criminal justice field, this is not a toy yet suitable, given its' defective status.

My office accepts cases involving injuries sustained due to defective products manufactured like this. Please visit my website. www.samlevine.com.

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In what is a serious product liability action, Drug maker Merck has just been sued by a Mississippi woman who took Fosamax, a drug that treats osteoporosis. The injured woman contends that Merck knew the drug was dangerous and defective when it went to market. To make matters worse, it's alleged Merck bribed the doctors to give the drug to patients and that the drug was marketed without regard to the well-being of the patient and without regard to patient being injured.

The drug in question, Fosamax, is supposed to treat people who have brittle bones. In the case of the Plaintiff, the drug actually did the opposite, injuring the user and causing irreversible bone decay.

This is not the first product liability lawsuit involving Merck where the pharmaceutical giant has been sued for injuries caused by this drug. Back in August of this year, another woman sued Merck under similar circumstances. Plaintiffs in both suits argue that Fosamax is defective, detrimental to people and lacks suitable warning labels.

The injured Plaintiffs specifically allege that Fosamax actually induced an infection, causing the jaw bones to die and that the design of the drug is defective.

I represent people who have been injured by dangerous and defective drugs like Fosamax. If you or someone you care about has been injured by this drug, I am available for a free consultation. Please visit my website. www.samlevine.com.

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